• considine@lemmy.ml
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    2 hours ago

    Friendly reminder that VOA, aka Voice of America, is a subsidiary of the US Agency for Global Media. It was established to convince people in the Soviet sphere that the US was better in every way. It continues that mission with America’s allies and enemies today.

    The process of opening up a country’s media space is integral to getting those State department messages in there.

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      42 minutes ago

      Is there anything about this piece that you feel is inaccurate or biased?

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    4 hours ago

    “It is not enough that Allah knows everything you do. We must also know.”

    “That sounds like blasphemy to me.”

    “Uh…”

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    7 hours ago

    The Council of Islamic Ideology said the technology was being used in Pakistan to access content prohibited according to Islamic principles or forbidden by law, including “[…]websites that spread anarchy […].”

    So they admit it’s not (only) about morals, but also (or mostly) about their position of power not being threatened.

    BTW: By blocking access to the internet, they stop people from following the order in the Quoran which states that people should educate themselves.