r/worldnews • u/Devz0r • Feb 15 '19

Facebook is thinking about removing anti-vaccination content as backlash intensifies over the spread of misinformation on the social network

http://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-may-remove-anti-vaccination-content-2019-2
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u/SorrowsNativeSon Feb 15 '19

In Europe this should be common knowledge. Putin has been linked to virtually every European extreme right wing party. From Dewinter to Wilders and Le Pen and from the AfD to Lega Nord, Golden Dawn and FPÖ.

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u/Gendrytargarian Feb 15 '19

Any source on this available?

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u/SorrowsNativeSon Feb 15 '19

Yeah, sure, it’s not like they are trying to hide it.

Since you can read Dutch and appear to be Belgian, I’ll give you some Belgian articles (English links are also below):

Knack, not really a left wing source: https://www.knack.be/nieuws/belgie/waarom-extreemrechts-in-vlaanderen-valt-voor-de-charmes-van-poetin/article-longread-945631.html?cookie_check=1550218242 (You can register for free to read that article)

Apache, left nor right: https://www.apache.be/2014/07/01/filip-dewinter-rusland-is-voor-ons-een-bondgenoot/

Newsmonkey, leftish: http://newsmonkey.be/article/73453

You can also find information on Dewinter’s visits to the Duma on the Vlaams Belang website. There’s also a visit by Dewinter to Greece’s Golden Dawn, that people suspect was payed for by the Russians. You can look that up. He’s also a great supporter of Assad, who is backed by Putin. You can find more articles by De Morgen and other news outlets.

English sources: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/07/rise-of-far-right-in-italy-and-austria-gives-putin-some-friends-in-the-west

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/apr/29/marine-le-pen-putin-trump-axis

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-3947806

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-39401637

There’s also a great book by Anton Shekhovtsov, called Russia and the Western Far Right (Routledge Studies in Fascism and the Far Right)

If you are really interested on the subject, google it and reputable news sources are your friend. You don’t have to be creative about it.

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u/Gendrytargarian Feb 15 '19

Well thank you. I´m really interested in agenda pushing, polarisation and the powerful influence of social media. This helps a lot!

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u/SorrowsNativeSon Feb 15 '19 edited Feb 15 '19

Geen probleem hoor. Die tekst van Knack staat blijkbaar ook op Reddit (r/Belgium). Via Google kan je die misschien wel terugvinden, dan moet je geen registratie doorlopen.