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It doesn't matter what the first version does. They will not stop there ... Russia started with "protecting children" too... look what they do now 10 years late

It doesn't matter what the first version does. They will not stop there ... Russia started with "protecting children" too... look what they do now 10 years later. Imagine what they will demand from Apple with such capabilities. And Apply will most likely cooperate ... " The authorities are now moving not just to reduce the influence of foreign tech companies but also to force them to promote Russian services — as with the new regulation mandating government-approved apps on all new smartphones. Apple has agreed to this " https://time.com/5951834/russia-control-internet/ https://time.com/5951834/russia-control-internet/

richardfey 5y ago
> look what they do now 10 years later Care to elaborate? I am genuinely curious
- lovelyviking 5y ago
  >... In 2012, Russia began blacklisting and forcing offline websites with the purported goal of protecting minors from harmful sites ... > Government critics have been targeted; Navalny’s Live Journal blog, which published investigations about corruption in Russian politics, and other political opposition sites were blocked. (Roskomnadzor said they were banned for calling on people to illegally participate in mass events). >The “sovereign Internet” law required Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to install Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) equipment, which has been used by some countries, like China, for censorship. DPI equipment enables Russia to circumvent providers, automatically block content the government has banned and reroute internet traffic. >It has required search engines, including Google, to delete some results... >some have buckled under Roskomnadzor’s threats to block them if they don’t comply with censorship orders. In 2018, Facebook-owned Instagram, which has 54 million users in Russia, complied with the regulator’s requests to remove posts connected to corruption allegations by Navalny. In a tweet Navalny accused Instagram of submitting to “illegal censorship orders”. “Shame on you Instagram!” he wrote. >After Roskomnadzor threatened to prosecute social media sites for encouraging minors to join the January protests, the regulator said TikTok deleted 38% of its related content, while YouTube and Russian social media site VKontakte removed half. All from the link I've provided above already in the previous post: https://time.com/5951834/russia-control-internet/ https://time.com/5951834/russia-control-internet/
  - richardfey 5y ago
    Thanks; I missed that link. The statement about DPI is wrong though: DPI is ineffective without government-mandated root CAs.

richardfey 5y ago

> look what they do now 10 years later Care to elaborate? I am genuinely curious

lovelyviking 5y ago
>... In 2012, Russia began blacklisting and forcing offline websites with the purported goal of protecting minors from harmful sites ... > Government critics have been targeted; Navalny’s Live Journal blog, which published investigations about corruption in Russian politics, and other political opposition sites were blocked. (Roskomnadzor said they were banned for calling on people to illegally participate in mass events). >The “sovereign Internet” law required Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to install Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) equipment, which has been used by some countries, like China, for censorship. DPI equipment enables Russia to circumvent providers, automatically block content the government has banned and reroute internet traffic. >It has required search engines, including Google, to delete some results... >some have buckled under Roskomnadzor’s threats to block them if they don’t comply with censorship orders. In 2018, Facebook-owned Instagram, which has 54 million users in Russia, complied with the regulator’s requests to remove posts connected to corruption allegations by Navalny. In a tweet Navalny accused Instagram of submitting to “illegal censorship orders”. “Shame on you Instagram!” he wrote. >After Roskomnadzor threatened to prosecute social media sites for encouraging minors to join the January protests, the regulator said TikTok deleted 38% of its related content, while YouTube and Russian social media site VKontakte removed half. All from the link I've provided above already in the previous post: https://time.com/5951834/russia-control-internet/ https://time.com/5951834/russia-control-internet/
- richardfey 5y ago
  Thanks; I missed that link. The statement about DPI is wrong though: DPI is ineffective without government-mandated root CAs.