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The law against spreading false information about the army is one of several harsh pieces of legislation adopted in Russia since the country's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, with the aim of silencing or punishing criticism of the war.

"But... silencing Israeli artists for being born Jewish in Israel doesn't seem like any way to reach an understanding between the two sides of this apparently endless conflict."

Initially, it was a way to describe online mobs yelling at people, but now most cancel culture legends are about "woke" university students allegedly silencing older, more powerful people.

But if the governor can doom Amendment 4 by silencing speech now, he is unlikely to care that his intimidation tactics were built on constitutional quicksand.

As Roan has established ironclad boundaries with the entertainment industry, her fans and the internet, she has been facing an unrelenting stream of criticism deadset on silencing her sense of personhood and progressive politics and values.