"Today, the Russian parliament finally introduced military censorship without actually declaring it. For “disseminating knowingly false information about the use of the Russian Armed Forces,” we, news journalists, can get up to 15 years in the camps. “Knowingly false” information is information about prisoners, killed, shelling of civilians in Ukraine. We are asked to admit that none of this happened.
Yes, we can say that the path to free journalism is through barracks and barbed wire. All this is very beautiful, but insane nonsense."
It may not be the appropriate time or some may claim whataboutism but Assange exposed a war crime just as these journalists in Russia are currently exposing in Ukraine.
I am not saying America is the same but I am saying that all journalists should have protection from prosecution when exposing crimes irregardless where or whom committed them.
So, this is very sad but inevitable due to new regulation decision.
These don't disagree with the government, they just complain, that it's very inconvenient to report facts that at any moment later could be arbitrarily labeled "fake" or "disinformation".
