Re:Asia Sentinel Blocked in Singapore
by coldtea on Saturday June 03, 2023 @11:32AM
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>But blocking media sites when they publish anything critical of the government is unfortunately standard in this part of the world.
Probably because those media sites belong to countries with a tainted history with colonial involvement against the countries "in this part of the world", and push their narratives.
If the situation was inversed, and e.g. those developing countries had the inverse power relationship with western countries (e.g. had some past or present where Thailand or Vietnam invaded or exercized power over France or the US), and the media sites were theirs, they'd be banned or shadowbanned or cancelled within an internet nanosecond.
Probably because those media sites belong to countries with a tainted history with colonial involvement against the countries "in this part of the world", and push their narratives.
If the situation was inversed, and e.g. those developing countries had the inverse power relationship with western countries (e.g. had some past or present where Thailand or Vietnam invaded or exercized power over France or the US), and the media sites were theirs, they'd be banned or shadowbanned or cancelled within an internet nanosecond.