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Dozens in Russia imprisoned for social media likes, re-shares
Anastasia Bubeyeva shows a screenshot on her computer of a picture of a toothpaste tube with the words: "Squeeze Russia out of yourself!" For sharing this picture on a social media site with his 12 friends, her husband was sentenced this month to more than two years in prison. As the Kremlin claims unequivocal support among Russians for its policies both at home and abroad, a crackdown is underway against ordinary social media users who post things that run against the official narrative.
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Good, I wish we could do that in this country. "Liking" things on social media makes folk think they have made their voice heard when the opposite is true. If there is a revolution it won't happen using "likes" on social media it will happen through protestation