They’re all blocked already. Facebook since 2009, and the other two since September. What they seek after is either:
a way to delete content/accounts they don’t like
getting access to the info about accounts they don’t like, possibly their location, so they could track and imprison them.
Content wise, a majority of the content against them is shared on Twitter and Telegram. The latter they definitely and the first they hopefully won’t have access to (Elon is unpredictable, you know). Besides Facebook is barely used.
So I’d only assume they want to track major opposition accounts.
Not that easy though. They’ve been blocking most foreign VPNs*, And the functioning Iran-made ones are spywares.
*That are free, only a tiny fraction of people are rich enough to buy paid VPNs, or have an international bank account to make the transaction.
There volunteers offer to be a proxy to an entry-node. It looks less suspicious than connecting to a known entry node server.
As far I understood it Tor users then can select “Snowflake” as a bridge into the Tor network. The Snowflake browser extension (this addon for Firefox or this one for Chrome) is for those who want to support censored users.
The House and Senate have both passed a bill protecting same-sex and interracial marriage, which now goes to President Biden to sign. It’s a good step, but it’s important to note that this legislation just requires state (and federal) governments to recognize marriages legally performed in other states. If Obergefell is struck down, individual states could still outlaw same-sex marriage.
No? The Schengen Zone is a just a passport free area, it has nothing to do with forestry or environmental law. Not that it matters because the Austrian government didn’t tell Holzindustrie Schweighofer to timber illegally in Romania, they are a private company that violated the law willingly. Wildcat lumbering isn’t a Romania only issue and plenty of Schengen nations also have similar issues like Poland or all of the Nordic countries.
The Bulgarian government aren’t as pissed, I guess many of them knew their less than stable government right now was going to get at least one dissenting vote (they got two, The Netherlands said no for that reason. Austria used the same excuse for Romania).
The sad fact is that Eurosceptic parties often change their stances. If they were rejected they can say the EU is stringing Romania along and if they were accepted then they will wait and they will say the no passports policy has caused an influx of illegal migrations and border-crossings into Romania.
EU sceptics are reactionary and populist which means that they can change their beliefs at any moment they feel it will have maximum effect with the most people. Their followers are under-educated, lack critical thinking and are rabidly nationalistic. EU sceptics aren’t sceptical, they hate the EU as an institution and see nothing about it worth preserving in its current state but know at the same time they know EU membership offers certain benefits they can’t live without.
On one hand, Griner’s celebrity status probably had a hand in attracting more attention than other prisoners Paul Whelan or Marc Fogel. She has some baggage herself with her ex-wife.
On the other, judging by all the slurs and insults being thrown around, Republicans and conservatives seem to hate her for being a black lesbian even taller than 47 who refused to stand for the anthem a couple times. They can use their First Amendment rights to spread lies about vaccines, harass LGBT+ folk and platform white supremacists, but she can’t kick her feet up while Star-Spangled Banner drones on to protest innocent black people being murdered.
For that matter, Whelan isn’t the ultra-sexy doe-white megapatriot that the right paints him as, he tried to steal $10k when he was serving in Iraq. Biden also managed to rescue a US Marine from Russia back in April. Whelan wasn’t too pleased back then either.
And if Lord of War taught me anything, Bout (its main inspiration) is a puppet used by world governments to sell arms. Nice moustache though.
Whelan’s family don’t want him out either, they stated they are pleased the Biden administration was trying to get anyone released.
Bout was rendered useless the moment he got caught, he is in no position to harm anyone. The most Putin will do is make him bleat pro-Russia propaganda like Snowden.
Whelan’s family do love him and want him home. They are happy for Griner, but are justifiably a little upset that Paul won’t come home for Christmas.
In Biden’s defence, the deal was basically “take her or leave her” and despite what conservatives think, Griner doesn’t deserve to rot for some light criticism of her country, even if she is kind of a dweeb. You can really see how little conservatives and Republicans actually care about the First Amendment or the lives of anyone who isn’t a white conservative, no matter how much they grovel at Musk’s feet.
TFG’s not too keen on Griner either and is freaked out about what Viktor Notvikov and his evil pornstache have in plan for America, as though he didn’t free 5000 Taliban members, 68% of whom were immediately re-integrated into the Taliban conflict.
Yeah I might have been a bit harsh mostly because Whelan is a criminal yet coservatives have martyred him alive. Paul was arrested for espionage and was kicked out of the marines ironically enough for crimes that should have had him arrested in his own country. If Russia ever decides to release Paul it is only going to be for someone they actually truly want, like a genuine Russian asset banged up in the hole not some clapped out gunrunner.
Actually I saw how little conservatives cared about free speech when they did shit like banning books for having educational material they personally didn’t like. You might be asking what instance I am referring to which only helps my case.
He is who they would have to trade to bet Paul Whelan back. He also let the Taliban into Camp David, funny how conservatives forgot about that and tragic how little Democrats have reminded conservatives about this.
This was expected after the state Supreme Court ruled that one-person grand jury indictments were invalid and prosecutors are already planning an appeal, but it’s still disheartening that these idiots poisoned an entire town and there’s just one criminal case still pending.
I was never really into soccer, but I heard Wahl was a big deal in the sports journalism industry. He was the soccer guy.
Some Twitter shitheads are blaming the vaccine for his death. Others are saying that the Qatar government had something to do with it due to his pride shirt stunt.
