Birdwatch Note Rating
2024-02-06 22:40:31 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 0E837C131DA5334D2B7B330B4A1847719361FBF1FA5C61D04FE6D5568E4AC419
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Original Note:
There is no evidence that the interview will be "banned by Western governments". Contrary to what is implied in the video, it is Russia that is jailing journalists and silencing dissenting opinions. Two American journalists are currently detained in Russia. https://rsf.org/en/country/russia https://freedomhouse.org/country/russia/freedom-world/2023 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68111693 https://www.cbsnews.com/news/russian-american-journalist-detained-russia-second-such-move-there-this-year-alsu-kurmasheva-evan-gershkovich/ https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/04/world/europe/russia-censorship-media-crackdown.html https://www.hrw.org/video-photos/interactive/2022/08/22/what-can-get-you-trouble-anti-war-speech-russia https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/russia-putin-press-freedom-independent-news/
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