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Apple quietly deletes nearly a hundred VPNs that allowed Russians to get around censorship (english.elpais.com)

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The multinational has removed dozens of apps, even though the Kremlin’s censorship body did not order the move. These services, half-permitted by the government, enable people in Russia to access social networks and independent media

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[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

make russian lives as bad as possible

Wasn't that the Shock Doctrine strategy from back in 1996? Anyone remember what followed?

[–] yournamehere@lemm.ee -1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

wrong year. making russian lives bad was before it successfully ended the terrible UDSSR regime.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 0 points 2 days ago

That's an incredibly curious reading of the Cold War. I'm going to run off and assume you thought the world economy was doing great in the 1980s except in the Soviet Bloc?