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Russia's internet censorship is forcing citizens to turn to the dark web and VPNs for news and social media
Instagram influencers posted tearful goodbye messages. Global news outlets vanished. VPN downloads …
Connor Perrett
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Russia officially introduced a 'sovereign internet' law to let Putin cut the entire country from the rest of the web
"It's more about creating a reliable internet that will continue to work in the event of external i…
Alexandra Ma
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The Russian government demanded access to everybody's Tinder user data in case its spies want to take a look
They also say: "We may disclose your information, if necessary, to: a) execute court decisions, suc…
Bill Bostock,Bill Bostock
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Russia's economy already lost $860 million this year because the government keeps shutting down the internet
The economic cost of blocking websites reflects lost work productivity, investments, and opportunit…
Jason Lalljee
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Russia is clamping down on foreign internet companies
Many observers are worried that the meetings between the Kremlin and large Western internet compani…
Max Slater-Robins
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Putin proposed replacing Wikipedia in Russia with a 'Big Russian Encyclopedia' days after passing a law to let him cut off the entire country from the web
Kremlin officials argue that the new system will help protect Russia's internet in the face of cybe…
Sahar Esfandiari
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Putin approved a drastic plan for Russia to cut itself off from the internet as a last-ditch defense from an all-out cyberwar
The EU last year also said it would "strengthen the resilience" of its member states "in the digita…
Bill Bostock,Bill Bostock
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Ukraine is trying to get Russia removed from the internet, saying Russia has been pushing out propaganda with the aim to disinform and promote violence
RIPE NCC has rejected the request, saying that "the means to communicate should not be affected by …
Weilun Soon
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Putin's social media ban cost Russia's economy more than $4 billion last year
Russia experienced 1,353 hours of internet disruption last year, which cost its economy $4.02 billi…
Jennifer Sor
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Here's Why Putin Called The Internet A 'CIA Project'
Earlier this week, Russia's parliament passed a law requiring foreign Internet services such as Gma…
Michael Kelley
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Putin Just Called The Internet A 'CIA Project' - Here's Why
Earlier this week, Russia's parliament passed a law requiring foreign Internet services such as Gma…
Michael Kelley
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Indian data laws have an uncanny resemblance to Russia’s 'new' internet and China’s 'Great Firewall'
Many Asian countries are moving to limit the many unlimited freedoms that Internet offers. The late…
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Why Snowden's Question To Putin Is So Important - And Good For The US
"The whole idea of Snowden's revelations, why it's important, why we need to think of all of these …
Michael Kelley
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Russia shuts itself off from the world's internet
The country blocks Facebook and limits other tech platforms in an attempt to insulate its citizens …
Kali Hays,Graham Rapier,Jake …
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All the countries where someone managed to shut down the entire internet - and why they did it
In May this year, Russia passed a law to create its own parallel mirror version of the web that wou…
Jim Edwards
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Russia plans to disconnect the entire country from the internet to simulate an all-out cyberwar
The introduction of the plan comes after NATO stepped up annual cyber war games against Russia. Its…
Alexandra Ma
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Russia claims a fire at a data center in France broke access to Google and YouTube. Google says that's not true.
The Google outage in Russia happened on the same day the state accidentally broke its own internet …
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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Facebook Blocks Anti-Putin Event In Russia
The Guardian reports that Roskomnadzor, the Russian body that oversees internet regulation, re…
James Cook
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Russia disconnected itself from the rest of the internet, a test of its new defense from cyber warfare, report says
The tests happened from June 15 to July 15, according to RBC Daily, a Russian news outlet. It wasn'…