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> One wonders what Estonia, or its government, has to gain from this, though. As a guess, it's due to the threat to Estonia from Russia, which includes Russian
by forapurpose 9y ago
> One wonders what Estonia, or its government, has to gain from this, though.
As a guess, it's due to the threat to Estonia from Russia, which includes Russian cyber attacks and propaganda. Russia has used propaganda operations very effectively in Europe and the U.S. If the U.S. has trouble protecting itself, imagine Estonia's situation.
In response to the same issue, earlier this year (IIRC) I read about a similar call for government oversight of Internet publication by someone high in the UK government (but I didn't hear about it again after that).
- pyoung 9y agoThis seems like the most plausible explanation. I recently read an article[1] regarding Ukraine's struggle against Russian propaganda. [1] http://www.npr.org/2017/08/21/544952989/rough-translation-what-americans-can-learn-from-fake-news-in-ukraine http://www.npr.org/2017/08/21/544952989/rough-translation-wh...