Russia Today Banned in the EU, People Repost Russia Tomorrow

In Germany, three people are now facing criminal proceedings for uploading or embedding RT videos on a site funded entirely by voluntary donations.

No ads, no profit motive, just the crime of letting other Europeans see footage the authorities would rather they didn't. The court ruled that anyone "responsible, directly or indirectly, for making prohibited content available" counts as an operator - regardless of whether they get paid or how small their operation is.

But the internet, as it tends to do, adapted immediately.

Across platforms, the same RT clips are no longer credited to the banned "Russia Today."

They now appear under the freshly invented banner of "Russia Tomorrow."

Early reports suggest the rebrand is working surprisingly well against keyword filters and automated detection.

A more ambitious faction is apparently pushing for a blanket prohibition on all references to Russian time periods in political discussion. "Yesterday" is reportedly already under informal review.

This is excellent training, of course.

Once the EU has perfected the legal and technical machinery for criminalizing inconvenient foreign media through elastic definitions of "operators" and "disinformation," applying the same framework to American outlets will be straightforward.

Interestingly, Iranian state media and outlets with clear Hamas affiliations continue to operate completely freely across the EU.

In the meantime, the creative workarounds continue.

"Soviet Union the Day After Tomorrow" is already making appearances in certain corners of the web.