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'''Sputnik''' is a [[Russian Federation|Russian]] state-funded news agency which has regional editorial offices in various cities outside of Russia. It serves as a counterweight against Western [[bourgeois media]] which tend to spread pro-imperialist narratives and has thus received heavy criticism and even censorship. | '''Sputnik''' is a [[Russian Federation|Russian]] state-funded news agency which has regional editorial offices in various cities outside of Russia. It serves as a counterweight against Western [[bourgeois media]] which tend to spread pro-imperialist narratives and has thus received heavy criticism and even censorship. | ||
Various Sputnik accounts have been censored on Telegram, a Russia-based chat app used for disseminating news. This has been speculated to be the result of EU-US regulator demands.<ref>@wyattreed13 on Twitter: [https://twitter.com/wyattreed13/status/1503558692083535873?s=21 “CONFIRMED: Russian outlets like @SputnikInt are being blocked on Telegram—apparently in response to speech restrictions imposed by US and Europe.] | |||
[https://twitter.com/wyattreed13/status/1503558692083535873?s=21 Now only those living in Latin America, Africa, and Asia are trusted by their leaders with access to forbidden Russian knowledge.”] (needs archive link)</ref> | |||
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Revision as of 02:34, 15 March 2022
Sputnik is a Russian state-funded news agency which has regional editorial offices in various cities outside of Russia. It serves as a counterweight against Western bourgeois media which tend to spread pro-imperialist narratives and has thus received heavy criticism and even censorship.
Various Sputnik accounts have been censored on Telegram, a Russia-based chat app used for disseminating news. This has been speculated to be the result of EU-US regulator demands.[1]
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- ↑ @wyattreed13 on Twitter: “CONFIRMED: Russian outlets like @SputnikInt are being blocked on Telegram—apparently in response to speech restrictions imposed by US and Europe. Now only those living in Latin America, Africa, and Asia are trusted by their leaders with access to forbidden Russian knowledge.” (needs archive link)