Blocking Russian state media makes it unbelievable

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Western platform operators such as Apple, Microsoft and Google have removed Russia Today and Sputnik from their app stores, and large Swiss providers such as Swisscom, Sunrise and Salt have voluntarily removed the Russian channels from their programs. Politicians want to set an example and officially ban the channels. This hong kong rcs data has already been decided in the EU. In Switzerland, the ban is a bone of contention: the Defense Department wants to ban the channels financed and controlled by the Kremlin - out of solidarity with Ukraine and as a sanction against Russia. Switzerland will probably be marginalized if it does not adopt this EU sanction; it could become a "propaganda hub". The Swiss Department of Economic Affairs counters that such a ban contradicts media freedom. And it is actually not permissible either. According to research by the Tages-Anzeiger, there is no legal basis for banning the distribution of the content; therefore, the extent to which the EU measures can be adopted in the media sector is currently being examined.

The political ban sends the wrong message, has a high price and creates three problems:

First, there is a technical problem because the implementation of such blocks is difficult; they can be circumvented, for example, via VPN clients, Tor browsers and other tools.