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2024-03-28 04:57:54 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 87AAA2C26434FB9DAF340597EF21415745B48ABACD6039A3E66C1D2FA9D2BE24
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For context, Russia has completely banned Facebook, Instagram, X (formerly Twitter), as well as all independent news sources, including the Echo of Moscow, TV Rain, the BBC, and RFE/RL. Russia ranks 164/180 in the 2023 RSF World Press Freedom Index. https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/russia-restricts-access-bbc-russian-service-radio-liberty-ria-2022-03-04/ https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/04/world/europe/russia-censorship-media-crackdown.html https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/russia-putin-press-freedom-independent-news/ https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0306422015605709 https://rsf.org/en/country/russia
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