The United States on September 13 said the Russian news outlet RT is taking orders directly from the Kremlin and working with Russian military intelligence to spread disinformation around the world to undermine democracies.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the United States has gathered new evidence that exposes cooperation between RT and four other subsidiaries of the Rossia Segodnya media group, and it intends to warn other countries of the threat of the disinformation.

In addition to RT, Rossia Segodnya operates RIA Novosti, TV-Novosti, Ruptly, and Sputnik, but the announcement on September 13 focused largely on RT. The outlet, formerly known as Russia Today, has previously been sanctioned for its work to allegedly spread Kremlin propaganda and disinformation.

  • Maeve@kbin.earth
    14·
    2 months ago

    So your idea is rules for foreign entities, not our own?

    Who will serve as a check for what’s true and when terms are *redefined, if it’s our darlings, whether media moguls or politicians, doing the redefining?

    • Carrolade@lemmy.worldEnglish
      51·
      2 months ago

      For the third time, I don’t have any good ideas. I don’t have a “my idea” and haven’t presented one. That’s why I asked for yours, since maybe you, as a human that is not me, thought of or read something that I haven’t.

      This sentence:

      So your idea is rules for foreign entities, not our own?

      is something you concocted in your head somehow.

      I just pointed out that your idea is illegal, that’s all.

      • Maeve@kbin.earth
        14·
        2 months ago

        I’d point out that you’re asking of me solutions you’re unable or unwilling to deliver, but that’s whataboutery, and off limits, so I myself should just “shut up.”

          • Maeve@kbin.earth
            12·
            2 months ago

            And I gave you ideas. You gave* me nothing of value. You wasted my time, because you’re more invested in “winning” the argument, rather than working out viable solutions. Silencing RT doesn’t give any pushback on anything our own propagandists feed us.

            • Carrolade@lemmy.worldEnglish
              31·
              2 months ago

              All I did was point out your idea was illegal, knowing an idea would not work is not “nothing of value”. Perhaps I should have clarified, are there any legal ideas that might move us forward in a positive direction? Knowing that it is illegal to violate:

              Congress shall make no law … abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press

              The key is working out viable solutions. We can’t just magic up unviable ones and get upset when someone points out they’re not viable.

              • Maeve@kbin.earth
                12·
                2 months ago

                I’m not upset, and I’m not upset at pushback on it own propaganda machine, either.

                • Carrolade@lemmy.worldEnglish
                  41·
                  2 months ago

                  That’s fair. I’m just pointing out it’s a really difficult situation for us to address in any way. If anyone has any ideas on productive steps forward beyond just not doing it in the future, I remain interested.

                  • Maeve@kbin.earth
                    1·
                    2 months ago

                    Btw, yelling fire in a crowded theatre isn’t protected speech, any more than fighting words. I don’t believe saying it softly in eloquent words with ever redefined terms should be, either.