Vladimir Putin continues to place his pawns on the great chessboard of disinformation. The Russian leader, who constantly shares false information about Ukraine, waging a real information war, goes on the offensive. The Kremlin announced on Monday the launch of Oculus, a tool capable of probing the Russian web “find illegal content” (understand “that’s wrong with official speeches”).
“A response to the provocations of the West”
How does it work? Oculus can read text and recognize prohibited scenes in photos and videos. Analyze more than 200,000 images a day, spending about three seconds on each one.
The government agency Roskomnadzortasked with overseeing communications, information technology and the mass media, he presented Oculus as a solution to efforts, especially Western ones, to discredit the Russian military: ” Automatically detects crimes, such as extremist speech, calling to join groups illegally, pro-drug content, LGBT propaganda, etc. Since the beginning of special operations in Ukraine, fake news has multiplied at an unprecedented speed, with the aim of replacing the truth with a fabricated reality. The creation of this system is our response to anti-Russian provocations and actions carried out by foreign powers “.
A symbol of Russia’s anti-LGBT crusade
Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Moscow has suppressed all political opposition and redoubled its efforts to silence the country’s independent media, instead imposing nationalist discourses that condemn any lifestyle or orientation that does not conform to the conservative values of power a place.
Vladimir Putin is not at his first attempt. Last November, the State Duma (equivalent to our National Assembly) has already adopted a law banning “promoting non-traditional sexual relationships”, to all audiences through media, books and films. As a result, bookstores were forced to remove large numbers of books from their shelves, at the risk of having to pay a 10 million ruble (€150,000) fine. This provision was then in line with another text adopted in 2013 by Russian deputies, intended for minors, to “protect children from information that promotes the denial of traditional family values”according to the Kremlin.
with eye, Russia therefore persists in legalizing homophobia, again and again endorsing discrimination against LGBTQI+ people.
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Source: Madmoizelle
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