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Comment by rvnx

4 days ago

www.rt.com is blocked in a couple of countries in Europe, so it's not about football, rather to curb "disinformation" for the next elections or whatever.

https://www.isdglobal.org/digital-dispatch/the-achilles-heel...

So, freedom.gov is also blocked to protect you from fake news I guess.

Sad.

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potatototoo99  4 days ago

RT is blocked in the entire EU as part of a sanctions round due to the invasion of Ukraine: https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2022...

  • Pakulander  3 days ago

    No — it's not and I've just verified that. The RT website is accessible: people can visit it, create accounts, log in, and use all its features without restrictions.

    What’s changed about the RT is public perception. It’s widely recognized and labeled as a Kremlin propaganda outlet — which is precisely what it is — so audiences can approach its content with appropriate awareness.

    If someone can't access the page, it's likely caused by a particular ISP and not by "European censorship".

mschuster91  4 days ago

It actually is, the IP it resolves to is Cloudflare.

  • rvnx  4 days ago

    Lucky you (this was not cynical) because for me there is no Cloudflare:

        This site can’t be reached
    Check if there is a typo in rt.com.

    DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN

    (just an empty A record)

  • ShowalkKama  4 days ago

    rt.com does not use Cloudflare, they are a customer of DDOS Guard:

      $ drill -Q rt.com | tee $(tty) | xargs whois | grep org-name
  91.215.41.4
  org-name:       DDOS-GUARD LTD

  $ curl --silent https://www.rt.com | grep '<title>[^<]\*</title>' | head -1
  <title>RT - Breaking News, Russia News, World News and Video</title>