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Russia gives Google 24 hours to delete banned content
- otagekki 5y agoIt won't be too long until Russia deploys its great firewall
- themodelplumber 5y agoUse any search engine that fits in trunk of Lada
- LoveMortuus 5y agoThank you, I love Ladas they and of course Yugo were the cars of my childhood! ^^ Imagine... Cars that you can fix yourself~
- dzhiurgis 5y agos/can/have to weekly/g
- mopsi 5y agoYou're being needlessly harsh. Most people agree that Lada is a noticeable improvement over a horse and buggy.
- Bancakes 5y agoEastern europe is still full of Ladas the same way some American towns are full of 1960s and 1970s muscle cars. It's well worth the money here.
- dzhiurgis 5y agoIt's not full of Lada's, not at least north east. You'd struggle to see one anywhere. People despise them even today.
- slownews45 5y agoDoes it seem somewhat / pretty clear russia is going down the China route vis a vis the net? Not saying it's bad - just a parallel. A lot of US firms ended up setting up separate entities for china ops which might simplify their ability to give security keys etc to china).
- gnarbarian 5y agoThe US does this kind of thing too but it's privatized. I'm not justifying the behavior. I abhor it regardless of who does it. here's an example: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/11/24/senate-democrats-ask-youtube-ceo-to-remove-election-misinformation-.html https://www.cnbc.com/2020/11/24/senate-democrats-ask-youtube... we just use different descriptions. "it's for safety." "these people must be excluded for the sake of inclusivity and tolerance." "harmful ideas have a chilling effect."
- meepmorp 5y ago> Russia's communications watchdog on Monday gave Google (GOOGL.O) 24 hours to delete what it called prohibited content or be fined and said Moscow could eventually slow down the company's traffic in the country. Versus > Senate Democrats wrote a letter to YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki, citing concern over fueling election misinformation. The senators asked Wojcicki to commit to removing videos that contain false election information, which the company has faced increasing backlash over in recent weeks. You really see these as analogous situations?
- zapdrive 5y agoYes, I read both as: "Country asks a private company to delete content." How can you even argue that both are different?
- meepmorp 5y agoDo you really see no significant difference between a regulatory agency threatening fines and interference with network traffic on 24 hours notice, and group of legislators sending and open letter to request content be removed?
- weknowhowit 5y agoThere's no question how Apple would respond. Bend to Government, run a marketing campaign about freedom.
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- pjc50 5y agoSee linked https://www.reuters.com/technology/google-appeals-court-order-unblock-youtube-account-sanctioned-businessman-2021-05-20/ https://www.reuters.com/technology/google-appeals-court-orde... : rapidly approaching the point where it's impossible to comply with both Russian and US law. They won't straight up ban Google, they'll drown it slowly in court rulings.
- richardwhiuk 5y agoIt's consistent if you don't have any content at all :).
- lupire 5y agoThis is what national sovereignty looks like. Transnational Corporations is an anomaly.
- cromwellian 5y agoIt's also what a Balkanized web looks like. The dream of a cyberspace that gave people the freedom to inhabit a space independent of geography seems dead, as partisans will want to imprison their citizens behind a wall.
- knolax 5y ago> The dream of a cyberspace that gave people the freedom to inhabit a space independent of geography It was a dumb dream in the first place. I don't want to live in some souless homogenized world run by Zucc and co.
- cromwellian 5y agoAnd I don't want to live in a world where the government gets to tell me what websites I can visit, so that I can be jailed inside of a bubble which is government approved media. I don't have to visit Zucc's site, but I also I don't want to be told I can't and must stick to Pravda or GlobalTimes.
- rajivjain 5y agoPressuring social media companies seems to an interesting developing trend. India and Russia both took actions against social media companies in the past few days. Florida passed local laws protecting politicians. Over the past 6 months Google, Facebook, Twitter, et al proved themselves to be competent in monitoring and banning unwanted content. I will not be surprised that each country will create laws and pressure the tech companies to comply. After all, the veneer of ToS compliance is a thin match against local laws. If a government can justify their actions in the local courts, the only options the tech companies have would be to either comply or leave the country. Even Apple chose compliance with the local laws in China. See - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/17/technology/apple-china-censorship-data.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/17/technology/apple-china-ce...
- xtracto 5y agoThis situation are really interested. On one side, a lot of people chastise these actions because they seem unfair and oppressive. On the other hand, people applauded companies censoring the conservative movements on the USA during its last election. As someone in an external 3td party country, its interesting to see te double standard some of the USA society applies to these type of issues.
- pjc50 5y agoRemoving true information and removing false information are exactly the same, because all knowledge is relative and truth does not exist, only power?
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