Is it necessary to boycott private firms that didn't necessarily support the government decision? Or is there any proof that they actually played a role in current ukraine situation?
My understanding is that results from Yandex were spreading propaganda from Russia, backing up the false narrative that they hadn't done anything, or that everyone in Ukraine is a nazi, etc.
Would love to hear more if anyone has information, I'm possibly misremembering.
Also, private companies are an important part of a nation's economy. Restricting them surely impacts that nation, so the idea seems sound?
Yandex News are definitely in line with Russian government propaganda. It's a news aggregator, so it might look like propaganda because all popular news outlets are propaganda. Not sure if they filter anything themselves. But I think it still makes sense to put a pressure on the company anyway.
> ...Russian government propaganda. It's a news aggregator, so it might look like propaganda because all popular news outlets are propaganda. Not sure if they filter anything themselves. But I think it still makes sense to put a pressure on the company anyway.
As opposed to what Western News Media coverage on the war has turned into, aka, more Propaganda?
The middle ground is not promoting our own Propaganda instead, which is what pushing everyone to Western Search Engines (Agitprop search really).
What propaganda? I'm sure there's bias in reporting, no question. But bias, say in support of Ukraine, is very different from saying that there's no conflict at all.
The narrative of the war in the West is "Putin just invaded the innocent Ukrainians, killed lots of people, rah rah rah". Here are the pics of Zelensky in fatigues ready to confront the invader.
The other side narrative is, "There has been an active war going on for 5+ years now following a US coup in Ukraine, and many innocent Eastern Ukrainians and ethnic Russians have been killed already. Now, Putin is invading to protect Russia's borders from broken promises over NATO spreading, and the threat of a hostile NATO near Moscow"
Both sides are biased, and both sides are producing agitprop, but we're only limiting one side's access to distribute their worldview.
