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DetlefK

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6. Censorship? Try finding RT-articles about what the syrian military is doing in Syria.

Reply to Bernardo de La Paz (Reply #3)

Mon Oct 17, 2016, 06:45 AM

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Russia Today bank accounts 'frozen in UK' [View all] MowCowWhoHow III Oct 2016 OP

K&R! stonecutter357 Oct 2016 #1

Read the comment-section at your own peril: DetlefK Oct 2016 #2

Seems UK Ministry of Truth (Ofcom) wants to censor RT. I think censorship like that is not good. Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2016 #3

one government censoring the propaganda arm of another? msanthrope Oct 2016 #5

While its troops are in battle? MisterFred Oct 2016 #8

I'm sorry....but how, precisely, are your civil liberties at play here? msanthrope Oct 2016 #10

Ditto LiberalFighter Oct 2016 #13

There is a cultural connection between Britain and the U.S. MisterFred Oct 2016 #41

Really? Tell me what cultural connections Americans have with a Scottish bank? msanthrope Oct 2016 #42

I see... MisterFred Oct 2016 #46

"In battle"? The UK is not at war against Russia. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2016 #9

Perhaps you have forgotten Syria? The SAS are definitely there. nt msanthrope Oct 2016 #11

Read my post again. Yes, Both Russia & UK in Syria. No, Russia & UK not fighting against each other. Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2016 #17

Troops are ALWAYS in battle. Its the New World Order LiberalLovinLug Oct 2016 #36

Censorship? Try finding RT-articles about what the syrian military is doing in Syria. DetlefK Oct 2016 #6

No, this is curtailing Russia's malignant interference in the geek tragedy Oct 2016 #12

The malignant interference is hacking DNC & spilling altered docs via WikiLeaks, not RT blather. nt Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2016 #18

two heads of the same beast geek tragedy Oct 2016 #19

Censorship is almost always bad because someone else is always eager to censor YOUR speech. nt Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2016 #21

not censorship to refuse to allow a hostile foreign power to broadcast propaganda geek tragedy Oct 2016 #22

At that time the US was fighting Germany and Japan. :eyes: . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2016 #23

Russia is trying to hijack our election system geek tragedy Oct 2016 #25

Free Speech Rights.... LovingA2andMI Oct 2016 #33

It would seem so... to biased thinking predicated on one dimension only. LanternWaste Oct 2016 #45

Meanwhile, besieged city assaulted & bombed... Ghost Dog Oct 2016 #4

A safe escape-route for 1.5 million civilians? DetlefK Oct 2016 #7

Similar applies to Aleppo. n/t Ghost Dog Oct 2016 #37

Brietbart and Infowars should be next Cayenne Oct 2016 #14

those are domestic nutballers, not malignant foreign actors nt geek tragedy Oct 2016 #20

Agreed Jason1961 Oct 2016 #26

RT but not Faux News? Ford_Prefect Oct 2016 #15

I'm going to withhold any judgment here rpannier Oct 2016 #16

Their accounts were NOT frozen Tempest Oct 2016 #24

Thank you! Raster Oct 2016 #27

BBC misreporting in title. Duppers Oct 2016 #30

They did. It's not reflected in the OP. Cerridwen Oct 2016 #31

Thanks for the update. nt Duppers Oct 2016 #32

The original title was also correct Tempest Oct 2016 #34

Yes it was. n/t Cerridwen Oct 2016 #35

EVERY country should follow the UK's example. Time to shut Putin DOWN. eom BlueCaliDem Oct 2016 #28

LOL Blue_Tires Oct 2016 #29

Bothers me. The press needs to be treated kindly dembotoz Oct 2016 #38

Another update: RT: NatWest to close Russian channel's UK bank accounts Cerridwen Oct 2016 #39

First shoe drop, lark Oct 2016 #40

YAY! Buckeye_Democrat Oct 2016 #43

RT: NatWest denies shutting accounts of Russian TV channel Eugene Oct 2016 #44