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Re:How the U.S. Used Disinformation and the 'Jakarta Method'... by gostsamo on Wednesday November 25, 2020 @09:38AM (#25209647)
A bit of experience from the former Eastern block. Censorship is not always perfect. Sometimes the censor in charge of the magazine/public house is dumb, sometimes the staff sneaks it around them, sometimes it is not yet communicated that some person or topic is in the blacklist.
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Re:How the U.S. Used Disinformation and the 'Jakarta Method'... by yorwba on Wednesday November 25, 2020 @10:38AM (#25210311)
Exactly. Censorship is never airtight, there are always some gaps that independent thought can slip through.
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