Topic: Google, Apple cut off access to ordinary RU, = they can do the same to US (Read 79 times)
March 07, 2022, 05:29:06 AM
You both completely missed the point of this post. What I am trying to say is whenever there is an international conflict such as this war in Ukraine there is also an internal war domestically against the people. 9/11 caused the Patriot act to be signed and with it regulations that allowed the CIA/FBI to spy on US citizen in the name of fighting terror. So now Google/Apple can just remove their payment platform for countries and governments that don't play ball with the NWO. Just another reason for BTC.
March 06, 2022, 10:45:47 PM
I am not sure what your point is. Russia is invading a free country that opposes said (attempted) occupation. Many western countries do not want to do business in Russia. If the people of Russia do not like this, they should take action, including using force if necessary, to cause the war to end.
There is currently not a ban on the importing of Russian oil, however, in the UK, dock workers are refusing to unload Russian oil because they do not want to participate in the financing of Russia's war machine.
There is currently not a ban on the importing of Russian oil, however, in the UK, dock workers are refusing to unload Russian oil because they do not want to participate in the financing of Russia's war machine.
March 06, 2022, 10:23:52 PM
Rich Russians funnel their riches to UAE right now.
Oligarchs are flying back and forth between Moscow and UAE as we speak.
They can get whatever they want there and bring it back to Russia.
These sanctions will make the Russian middle and lower class very angry, but the top 1% will be fine, business as usual, including Putin.
And Putin will use this anger to send them to fight the West. So, he is probably happy that the West is making his propaganda a lot easier.
What needs to happen to stop this war, the West needs to attack Russia on all fronts. No-fly over Ukraine, bomb the shit out of their military positions in Ukraine and on Ukraine's border.
Annex Kallingrad and disable the nuclear warheads. Run through Belarus, open a new front from Lithuania to invade Moscow.
Now is the chance to take them out when 95% of their combat strength is pre-occupied with Ukraine. Open a new front from Georgia.
And instead, we are listening to what Mr. Putin will say or think. Kill the motherfucker and his circle, NOW.
That is how you win with Putin. Everything else WILL NOT WORK.
The West does not understand the resilience and the ideological strength of the Soviets.
Oligarchs are flying back and forth between Moscow and UAE as we speak.
They can get whatever they want there and bring it back to Russia.
These sanctions will make the Russian middle and lower class very angry, but the top 1% will be fine, business as usual, including Putin.
And Putin will use this anger to send them to fight the West. So, he is probably happy that the West is making his propaganda a lot easier.
What needs to happen to stop this war, the West needs to attack Russia on all fronts. No-fly over Ukraine, bomb the shit out of their military positions in Ukraine and on Ukraine's border.
Annex Kallingrad and disable the nuclear warheads. Run through Belarus, open a new front from Lithuania to invade Moscow.
Now is the chance to take them out when 95% of their combat strength is pre-occupied with Ukraine. Open a new front from Georgia.
And instead, we are listening to what Mr. Putin will say or think. Kill the motherfucker and his circle, NOW.
That is how you win with Putin. Everything else WILL NOT WORK.
The West does not understand the resilience and the ideological strength of the Soviets.
March 06, 2022, 06:57:07 PM
Google, Apple cut off access to ordinary Russians, meaning they can do the same to Americans at any time
https://www.naturalnews.com/2022-03-06-google-apple-cut-access-ordinary-russians-can-do-same-to-americans.html
In another ominous sign that the big tech behemoths have way too much power and control over the lives of ordinary people, Apple and Google have now cut off Russians from their payment platforms, which is already causing mayhem in their country.
As noted by Irish journalist Jason Corcoran in a tweeted image, commuters at Moscow’s Metro Station had difficulty paying for their ride after they discovered the platforms no longer functioned.
“Apple Pay and Google Pay no longer work on Moscow’s metro system, leading to long queues as people fumble about for cash,” tweeted Corcoran.
It would seem as though ordinary Russians have been caught up in the sanctions imposed on Moscow by the West following President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of neighboring Ukraine last week. Also affected, according to Summit News, is the Samsung Pay platform.
“Customers at a number of banks in Russia can no longer use their bank cards with Google Pay and Apple Pay due to newly-imposed financial sanctions on the country,” The Verge reported, noting that those types of payment platforms are not as popular in Russia as they are in the west.
“While customers can still use bank cards from these institutions within Russia, they’ll no longer work abroad or when making online payments to stores and services belonging to countries that issued sanctions on Russia,” the report continued.
Because Russians are increasingly concerned about more Western sanctions, the country is currently experiencing runs on banks as citizens rush to ATM machines and withdraw as much cash as they can.
“Giving the keys of our lives to companies like Apple, Google, Facebook, Twitter, Amazon and the digital world is the biggest mistake for mankind,” one person noted in response to the story.
In a related move, Reclaim The Net noted that domain service firm Namecheap has also moved to ban Russians from using their company.
“Unfortunately, due to the Russian regime’s war crimes and human rights violations in Ukraine, we will no longer be providing services to users registered in Russia,” the company says in the emails sent this week.
“While we sympathize that this war may not affect your own views or opinion on the matter, the fact is, your authoritarian government is committing human rights abuses and engaging in war crimes so this is a policy decision we have made and will stand by,” the email continued.
In addition, the company informed Russian users that their web pages would be redirected to an error message and that top-level domains ought to be moved to other providers by March 22.
“Additionally, and with immediate effect, you will no longer be able to use Namecheap Hosting, EasyWP, and Private Email with a domain provided by another registrar in zones .ru, .xn--p1ai (??), .by, .xn--90ais (
), and .su,” it said.
“All websites will resolve to 403 Forbidden, however, you can contact us to assist you with your transfer to another provider,” the email added.
The actions by Google Pay and Apple have wide-ranging implications for Americans, who overwhelmingly use the platforms much more than Russians do. Obviously, if our government leans on the two big tech giants, they will respond by dutifully cutting us off as well.
This was foreshadowed just last month, as noted when GoFundMe froze donations to the “Freedom Convoy” truckers and their supporters at the request of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s tyrannical government, as a means of crushing an otherwise peaceful protest against his useless COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
These platforms not only have far more access to our personal information than they should lawfully be able to have, but they literally control our finances.
You’d do well to change that situation as soon as you can.
https://www.naturalnews.com/2022-03-06-google-apple-cut-access-ordinary-russians-can-do-same-to-americans.html
In another ominous sign that the big tech behemoths have way too much power and control over the lives of ordinary people, Apple and Google have now cut off Russians from their payment platforms, which is already causing mayhem in their country.
As noted by Irish journalist Jason Corcoran in a tweeted image, commuters at Moscow’s Metro Station had difficulty paying for their ride after they discovered the platforms no longer functioned.
“Apple Pay and Google Pay no longer work on Moscow’s metro system, leading to long queues as people fumble about for cash,” tweeted Corcoran.
It would seem as though ordinary Russians have been caught up in the sanctions imposed on Moscow by the West following President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of neighboring Ukraine last week. Also affected, according to Summit News, is the Samsung Pay platform.
“Customers at a number of banks in Russia can no longer use their bank cards with Google Pay and Apple Pay due to newly-imposed financial sanctions on the country,” The Verge reported, noting that those types of payment platforms are not as popular in Russia as they are in the west.
“While customers can still use bank cards from these institutions within Russia, they’ll no longer work abroad or when making online payments to stores and services belonging to countries that issued sanctions on Russia,” the report continued.
Because Russians are increasingly concerned about more Western sanctions, the country is currently experiencing runs on banks as citizens rush to ATM machines and withdraw as much cash as they can.
“Giving the keys of our lives to companies like Apple, Google, Facebook, Twitter, Amazon and the digital world is the biggest mistake for mankind,” one person noted in response to the story.
In a related move, Reclaim The Net noted that domain service firm Namecheap has also moved to ban Russians from using their company.
“Unfortunately, due to the Russian regime’s war crimes and human rights violations in Ukraine, we will no longer be providing services to users registered in Russia,” the company says in the emails sent this week.
“While we sympathize that this war may not affect your own views or opinion on the matter, the fact is, your authoritarian government is committing human rights abuses and engaging in war crimes so this is a policy decision we have made and will stand by,” the email continued.
In addition, the company informed Russian users that their web pages would be redirected to an error message and that top-level domains ought to be moved to other providers by March 22.
“Additionally, and with immediate effect, you will no longer be able to use Namecheap Hosting, EasyWP, and Private Email with a domain provided by another registrar in zones .ru, .xn--p1ai (??), .by, .xn--90ais (
), and .su,” it said.“All websites will resolve to 403 Forbidden, however, you can contact us to assist you with your transfer to another provider,” the email added.
The actions by Google Pay and Apple have wide-ranging implications for Americans, who overwhelmingly use the platforms much more than Russians do. Obviously, if our government leans on the two big tech giants, they will respond by dutifully cutting us off as well.
This was foreshadowed just last month, as noted when GoFundMe froze donations to the “Freedom Convoy” truckers and their supporters at the request of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s tyrannical government, as a means of crushing an otherwise peaceful protest against his useless COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
These platforms not only have far more access to our personal information than they should lawfully be able to have, but they literally control our finances.
You’d do well to change that situation as soon as you can.
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