Reddit bans links to Russian state media across the entire site

Posted by poisonborz on Thursday March 03, 2022 @01:11PM
from the engadget.com dept.

https://www.engadget.com/reddit-restricts-russia-state-media-rt-sputnik-173155541.html

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Re:Reddit bans links to Russian state media across the entir... by droptablemain on Thursday March 03, 2022 @08:33PM (#30549485)

The mass hysteria continues. GOG will no longer sell to Russia. EA Sports has removed Russian teams from FIFA and NHL games. International cat competition will no longer accept Russian breeds.

This whole thing smells like an entire chapter of Manufacturing Consent.

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Re:Reddit bans links to Russian state media across the entir... by awb on Thursday March 03, 2022 @04:03PM (#30546962)

I wonder if link shorteners will be used to get around this.

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Re:Reddit bans links to Russian state media across the entir... by zodiakzz on Thursday March 03, 2022 @06:02PM (#30548231)

Nope. It's been common practice for years now on any major site that every user submitted link is instantly web scraped.

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Re:Reddit bans links to Russian state media across the entir... by nashashmi on Thursday March 03, 2022 @02:07PM (#30545305)

Russia is the new isis.

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Re:Reddit bans links to Russian state media across the entir... by justanotherhn on Thursday March 03, 2022 @03:54PM (#30546851)

Putin and his cronies are the new ISIS. We love Russia and their people but innocents are dying at his orders. Something has to be done.

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