Russia to punish ‘fake news’ about Ukraine war with 15 years’ jail

Re:Russia to punish ‘fake news’ about Ukraine war with 15 ye... by malfist on Thursday March 03, 2022 @12:49PM (#30544176)

Julian Assange isn't a journalist though. He was a contractor trusted with protected information which he then publicized. There's a big difference between a journalist finding and publishing information, and a mole in our government sharing our secrets with people.

And that's ignoring the whole rape thing with Assange.

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Re:Russia to punish ‘fake news’ about Ukraine war with 15 ye... by scatters on Thursday March 03, 2022 @01:07PM (#30544454)

You're confusing Snowden with Assange. (And probably forgetting the role of Manning.)

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Re:Russia to punish ‘fake news’ about Ukraine war with 15 ye... by ashwagary on Thursday March 03, 2022 @06:58PM (#30548759)

My understanding is the fake rape charges were dropped. I expect it could've been an attempt at character assassination by certain governments with a long history of this kind of attack.

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Re:Russia to punish ‘fake news’ about Ukraine war with 15 ye... by sonotathrowaway on Thursday March 03, 2022 @08:15PM (#30549352)

America should have just threatened to murder him like Putin did. Maybe then he would’ve worked for the US, instead of signing a tv deal with Putin.

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Re:Russia to punish ‘fake news’ about Ukraine war with 15 ye... by ashwagary on Thursday March 03, 2022 @10:53PM (#30550508)

Stealing 10 years of his life and freedom is basically slow murder and torture. Whataboutism is unwarranted, the US is overreaching.

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