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I find that context unimportant and the thrust of the headline to be true and worth considering.

Even if only for a relatively small region, this government blocked access to information and communications.



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> Wasn't able to find a single article mentioning use under opressive regimes

Well, that's the point.


with the way how the government over there works, even if you have those information... there's really nothing much to do with it.

Because it doesn't match the one message from the central government?

> no useful public transporation

it's united states overall, so it doesn't really matter.


Does it not have them on it's east coast or anywhere else? There was no context for what makes this significant.

The reason is that the government doesn't like it. Not particularly mystical or significant if you ask me.

The fact that they're not included shows the bias that the government had.

It's obvious


Also, a political environment that regularly denies people doesn't help!

That's not the actual news here, because as I said, there's 0 insight on whatever they achieved. The emphasis was put on how bad it is to not let everybody in the US. Hence I believe this to be just some propaganda piece.

I think they mentioned there isn't any support from the government involved.

What strikes me is how hard it is to get reliable information on what exactly is being done in specific countries.

In particular: did South Korea shut down its schools?

There is "information" everywhere but no precise or exhaustive data on who did what.


They also aren't a democracy, so not really relevant.

I wouldn't expect any government to consider this point before making this decision.

This article didn't contain any mention of the US government.

> supported by both national political parties and the sitting president.

This coming from a company from a country that can barely be considered to be democratic and that has the largest modern track record of interfering with foreign states' elections means that it holds very little value.


That seems rather silly. How can a country function well if you don't have basic information to connect with the people?

the article seemed rather reserved, flat, and emotionless to me. perhaps this feeling is just your reaction to the situation

organizations attempting to implement solutions or achieve progress on this issue are portrayed as irrational and occasionally prosecuted as domestic terrorists, so it makes sense that anyone might feel numb and stupid when thinking about the available options.


I agree that it's uninteresting!

It's mainly meant as an illustration of the OP's "We never wanted Problem X, take it back to your country!" argument, which is simplistic and uninteresting.


We don't know that it's a nation state at all. Or that they were specifically targeting newspapers. So it seems a bit early to speculate on who it isn't.
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