Great article Caitlin. I’ve been thinking about the weird relationship between protests, foreign interference and censorship. Places like China and Russia are criticized for their censorship and crackdowns on protest but the context for that is undeniable foreign interference and propaganda campaigns stirring up trouble for those governments. I won’t go as far as justifying the actions of these countries but based on the censorship that goes on in the United States over mostly contrived evidence of similar interference you certainly could. It’s a sort of doubled up double standard.
Great article Caitlin. I’ve been thinking about the weird relationship between protests, foreign interference and censorship. Places like China and Russia are criticized for their censorship and crackdowns on protest but the context for that is undeniable foreign interference and propaganda campaigns stirring up trouble for those governments. I won’t go as far as justifying the actions of these countries but based on the censorship that goes on in the United States over mostly contrived evidence of similar interference you certainly could. It’s a sort of doubled up double standard.