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Mauritius suspends social media until after election amid wiretapping scandal (reuters.com)
4 points by manx 22 days ago | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments



Sadly, censorship is becoming a norm these days. Politicians such as Jugnauth are increasingly aligning themselves with well-heeled socialist-leaning benefactors and then covering it all up by basically censoring everything that makes them look bad. Same thing starting to happen here in the US. For example there is ample evidence to show that some newly arrived Haitian migrants in Ohio had been engaging in the act of hunting neighborhood animals. Mind you this is all corroborated by video evidence and witness statements. But what did they do? They said it was a complete lie and then pressured media outlets and "the fact-checkers" to suppress the story. And that is just the very tip of the iceburg. The issue has become so ubiquitous that more than 70% of Americans polled say they have absolutely NO trust in the media. Freedom to speak the truth should be a fundamental right, simple as that.....


Now imagine they're given control of .io




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