Info war: RT France remains muzzled. How to bypass censorship?
This is a first lost battle for RT France. Remember that since March 2, the Russian-funded French-language news channel no longer broadcasts on any channel: Internet box, satellite, but also YouTube. A nice case of censorship in 2022. Freedom of expression with variable geometry. Where are the “I am Charlie”? Where is the land of human rights?
Faced with this sudden and unfair decision, the channel asked for the ban to be cancelled. In this case, the right method is to ask for a judgment on the merits, but as this can take months or years, we also make a request for interim relief: a quick but temporary decision often motivated by the urgency of a situation.
RT France loses in court against its banishment in Europe 👇https://t.co/yDvLSPtfGs
— Numerama (@Numerama) April 1, 2022
A truly blind justice
However, the referral was rejected last March 30. Neither the economic consequences, nor the 176 employees, nor the damage to reputation were sufficient for the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) to issue a temporary authorization for dissemination. And no, because according to her, “the condition relating to urgency is not established”. When you don’t want to see…
Even more absurd: when we highlight the financial consequences of this sudden stop, the CJEU replies that it is not irreparable and that if the channel wins on the merits it will be able to assert its right to reparations. In short : ” It doesn’t matter, if you’re right and you win, you can get your money back… in 5 or 10 years when you’re dead“.
How not to like this Europe, huh?
How to watch Russia Today on YouTube?
We had already done an article on how to watch RT France with a VPN, but unfortunately the YouTube channel has been completely removed from the platform and it is no longer possible to access it, even with an exotic IP.
The solution ? Activate your VPN and go directly to the official website of the channel and RT France with a Russian, Algerian, Swiss or Norwegian IP to enjoy live. Be careful, you will be shocked, it’s a news channel and we talk about all subjects. In France, we don’t really have the habit anymore…
If this European ban is now targeting Russia Today, it could be that one day we will be banned absolutely any other channel overnight: the Mangas channel for its “imperialist” Japanese content, Chasse & PĂŞche because ” hunting is bad”? More seriously, we do not see why the EU would not ban a channel like Al Jazeera for example.
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