NO, OF COURSE NOT. What kind of question is that?! I’m an actual human being.

Even then, did they still enforce that towards non US made films (Godzilla: 1954, Japan or Cronaca di un amore: 1950, Italy) when shown in theaters?

Back to the main topic of the thread: newspapers were the standard at the time, alongside radios (if they have one in their home) during the war. They would’ve also heard back from letters sent or testimonials from soldiers themselves, resistance groups, escaped prisoners or by some third party. Regardless, those forms of communication or messaging arent instantaneous.

I don’t use it a lot anymore unlike when I was a teen, now only sometimes but not for news (mainly to message family or close friends). Also, Governments trying to ban or restrict SM for “children” under a certain age won’t solve the issue as that just reinforces surveillance on grown ups using kids as cover. It should be discretionary of the individual indifferent to age regarding SM (not politicians).

I was cyberbullied back in high school because of that and found a group chat full of gossip. I’ve heard news equivalent to “banning social media for kids” by reinforcing age verification (submitting ID) just to use SM which that sounds stupid. I know friends of friends who have teenagers as sons or daughters and those kinds of bans don’t do shit, they know that the government has ulterior motives.

Anyway, I’ve gone on a tangent.

Social media is full of crap due to AI generated content and toxic people. I know that for a fact. I don’t use it as much anymore, only sometimes but not for news (mainly to message family or close friends). Governments trying to ban or restrict SM for “children” won’t solve the issue as that just reinforces surveillance on grown ups by using kids as an excuse. I was cyberbullied back in high school because of that and found a group chat full of gossip bad mouthing others behind their back.

The reason over people’s distrust towards professional journalism now is due to political influence or lobbying (using the news platform to shove propaganda for their interests to make non critical thinkers believe their agenda is without second thought). In the modern context: you hear stuff that sounds too good to be true.

For instance: “age verification to keep kids safe” on MSM while they omit government mass surveillance (true motive). You get the point, if you can see through the fog: you’ll uncover things they’re trying to hide. If the news outlet is affiated with a certain political party, it leaves biases on their reporting and narrative.

It’s the reason why they would prefer a first hand encounter from someone via social media without the narrative being twisted. As in a soldier who managed to capture live footage differs from a war correspondent employed by a news outlet covering the same conflict accompanied with cameramen.

Back then, how Soviet newspapers reported the war differ from the American Star and Stripes since one is state owned (the USSR has control on how the news is published while Star and Stripes is independent) but the other is private. Anything government subsidized is subjected to control and oversight.

Shirō Ishii (specialist and microbiologist in Unit 731 who is also in the Japanese army) was granted immunity by the allies in exchange for extensive data, research reports, and details regarding their human experiments and biological weapons programs towards the Americans. US military intelligence officials wanted exclusive access to the biological warfare data desiring to keep it out of the hands of the Soviets. He literally got away with endorsing torture towards people.

It’s conditioned by the Nazis via indoctrinating Germans to hate minorities (even kids were made to join the Hitler Youth) at that time, or true apathy. Unless they were the ones who are being treated the same way by someone else. Like when the Soviets managed to arrive during the latter years of the war, they did mistreat those people (even after the war).

They didn’t have modern technology at their fingertips: only radio, newspapers, press and word of mouth. It really depends on what country you lived in during that era (US, UK, Japan, Germany, Russia, France, etc). have their own perspectives regarding the war.

They have their own takes on it, if you grew up in Japan during the 40s: you’ll be brainwashed to believe that Americans are the bad guys (or that’s how the government puts it) while another person from the UK during the same time knows what Japan is really up to.

Unit 731 had vivisections (dissecting a person alive) in which scientists conducted experiments by testing people’s pain tolerance via torture or inject them with diseases or toxic chemicals using prisoners (civilian or allied forces who are captured, but the majority of prisoners are Chinese). Japan today knows it happened but still remain in denial about the topic.

That would be up to the audience whether they trusted media outlets at the time, depending on where they live: as German people wouldn’t know about concentration camps (unless they worked in one as contractors or prison guards) since the Nazis censored that from the press, nor did Japanese people know about Nanking or Unit 731 during that era since their own press omits that as the government polices on what information they’re allowed to disclose.

I’ve heard that in Australia it’s mandatory for non citizens to complete a census, like why?

I know that 60Hz is faster than 50Hz, since I’ve shipped an air fryer from a country with 50Hz (type I plug) to a family friend who lives in one where 60Hz is used (has a type B outlet) but they used an adapter. There were issues with the heat element, as it turns out their food is overcooked despite us having miminal differences with voltage (230 vs 220).