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> "This is different" I guess.

I should say so. Despite all of its hard-earned criticism, Facebook isn't the social media arm of a foreign invader.

And Putin was using VK for psychological warfare. It was crazy it didn't get blocked sooner -- letting an aggressive threatening dictator have instant access to spreading targeted propaganda

It's different because Russian sites contain ONLY propaganda, and dissent from the state is ALWAYS silenced.

Take this this propaganda false equivalence nonsense and shove it.

Saying vkontakte is ONLY propaganda is as dumb as saying Facebook is ONLY propaganda. They're social networks, and they also have your aunt's recipes and baby pictures.

Vk is more of an amplifier than its own propaganda channel. (Like Facebook sometimes)

There are also very different people on there.

Banning shit like RT or other Russian state media makes more sense.

With Russia actively invading Ukraine at the moment, yeah it's different.

It just happens that VK was hijacked right before taking over Crimea.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VK_(service)#Durov's_dismissal