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> not Western providers An example: > Namecheap: Russia Service Termination https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30504812 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?i
by jolmg 5y ago
> not Western providers
An example:
> Namecheap: Russia Service Termination
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30504812 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30504812
EDIT: Better example:
> Internet backbone provider shuts off service in Russia
https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/5/22962822/internet-backbone https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/5/22962822/internet-backbone...
- vernie 5y agoI think the impact of this action compared to state internet censorship is insignificant.
- jolmg 5y agoRight. I put a better example.
- ptero 5y agoOK, Western providers do this, too. But I think the much bigger problem is that all independent media, everything except reliably pro-Kremlin sources, is being very aggressively shut down from the inside. And that includes access to outside channels and programs. While I generally agree that the West should not be shutting down the information pipes, in this environment the additional harm of such actions may be minimal.
- sndean 5y agoI'm not sure Namecheap should be used as an example of a Western provider. While I think they're technically based in the US, according to their CEO they have many employees in one of the Ukrainian cities currently being bombed: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30506813 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30506813
- jolmg 5y agoRight. I put a better example.