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Ask HN: Is Russian internet still being censored from the truth?

• r721 4y ago
  Here's a regularly updated list of blocked urls: https://github.com/zapret-info/z-i/blob/master/dump.csv https://github.com/zapret-info/z-i/blob/master/dump.csv (90 Mb)
  • LinuxBender 4y ago
    I see why you linked that one file. I am cloning the repo. It's 25% done and currently at 4.5GB. Thankyou for linking just that file.
    • r721 4y ago
      I think dump-00.csv - dump-19.csv are smaller chunks of this file for convenience or something. This is unofficial btw - Roskomnadzor sends this file to internet service providers, and one of them decided to mirror it on Github as public service (secretly, of course).
      • LinuxBender 4y ago
        It's the .git folder (objects) that is massive. 15GB. I think that's the biggest git repo I've ever seen on github. 39207 commits going back to 2012. It should give some interesting history and insight into how they manage their censor list.
• yusuf04agri 4y ago
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• Kelteseth 4y ago
  Excellent video about this from Johnny Harris: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u550Si9rNv4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u550Si9rNv4
  • LinuxBender 4y ago
    Here is another one to add to the list by Niki Proshin who managed to get out of Russia. [1] [1] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGB-l0An4zs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGB-l0An4zs
• LinuxBender 4y ago
  Do Russian citizens have access to the truth? Based on several different Russian youtubers I've watched the gist I get is that the older generations only watch television and read newspapers. Local social media is also state censored. They mostly believe what they are told. The zoomers either have VPN's or have friends that have VPN's and they get a bigger picture but are still afraid and reasonably so to talk about it in public.
  • fromseashore 4y ago
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