The brief respite was unfortunately short-lived. On January 15, the RT DE editorial team announced the welcome return of social media activities on the X platform, formerly Twitter. The initial assessment, somewhat naively, read on the day of the relaunch: “The EU’s censorship measures also claimed the presence of RT DE on the X platform (formerly Twitter) as a casualty. However, after the takeover by Elon Musk, the news agency has reaffirmed its commitment to free speech.”
The subsequent response from X users was more than welcome. Within the brief tolerance period, our articles attracted over 17,000 interested followers of various hues and political leanings.
The Russian perspective on global events seems to be vindicated by the deletion process: Contrary opinions and perspectives in reporting, particularly in these already unsettling and challenging times, will likely continue to be viewed by Western observers as unbearable and unacceptable. Such views must, therefore, be manipulated and denied to interested users.
One X user summarized the situation in an initial reaction: “TikTok is to be banned in the US on Sunday, RT DE on X already blocked again. This is about the creation of a monopoly of opinion in the hands of a few elite. In this case, US elites. The US oligarchy is driving a dangerous restriction of the opinion corridor forward. This is also being attempted and has already been done in the EU.”
From the RT DE editorial team, we remain, for today, with a friendly greeting to our loyal readers, with the Goethe insight: “Anything that is not disputed is not particularly interesting either.