I earn a little spare cash as an English tutor over the Internet. My student is a little girl in Russia. During today's lesson she asked me if YouTube isn't working my country either. She said that people are trying to make RuTube to replace it.
I can't explain to her why it doesn't work for her but works for me. Either I must lie or break the law.
Kids are naive and innocent. It breaks the heart.
9 Comments
lugal@sopuli.xyz · 15 pts · 1y
Aren't there proxies? I don't know if they work in Russia tho
rambling_lunatic@sh.itjust.works · 25 pts · 1y
There are proxies and VPNs. My student is a little girl who innocently asked if YouTube is not working in my country either. It is this that is depressing.
LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 12 pts · 1y
Why is you explaining it breaking the law? Can you not mention sanctions either? RuTube is also already a thing, it started in like the earlu 2000s during the brief Russian tech boom, alongside VK, LiveJournal, Ozon, avito, mail dot ru and Ramblr which were all the same thing - copy of a western site with some changes.
rambling_lunatic@sh.itjust.works · 17 pts · 1y
The cause of the YouTube block is that it blocks Russian state outlets. That is obviously going to prompt the question of why it did that.
PropaGandalf@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y
because the kremlin tsar decided to start a three day special operation that turned into a nasty war? oh no I said it :O
rambling_lunatic@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 1y
If the girl repeats it, there will be consequences for her and her family. Children have no filter.
Randelung@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
good on you for thinking ahead. what a shit show.
LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 1y
"Bad relations" is how you can put it and just shut down further questions.
rambling_lunatic@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 1y
Fair. Thank you!