Netflix, TikTok and Big 4 Accounting Firms Latest to Suspend Services in Russia

Published MAR 7 2022·Updated DEC 21 2022

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The Spin

Pro-establishment narrative

This will help strong-arm the country economically and structurally. The suspension of Netflix and TikTok specifically will affect the spread of information, and exemplify how sanctions can go further than just harming a country's finances.

Establishment-critical narrative

It's hypocritical to impose sanctions on Russia for invading Ukraine, but not on the US for invading Iraq for equally unjustified reasons, or on Israel for invading and annexing Arab lands.

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