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> I'm a little confused what Russia has to gain from this. People use VPNs to get western news and information through other channels than state-controlled Rus
by hooby 3y ago
> I'm a little confused what Russia has to gain from this.
People use VPNs to get western news and information through other channels than state-controlled Russian media.
If Russia can block these other channels, then their own propaganda becomes the sole information citizens have access to.
- codedokode 3y agoI think mostly people use VPN not for news but to access Instagram.
- gwnywg 3y agoIf I was denied access to information sources I trust I would not go and swallow state propaganda.. Having said this, almost all of my Russian colleagues already talk like Russian TV and all of them use VPN this way or another..
- WarOnPrivacy 3y ago> If I was denied access to information sources I trust I would not go and swallow state propaganda. It seems there is always a segment of the population that takes up nationalism/populism. You don't need a majority to enable authoritarianism, just enough to ease them into power, maintain the facade of support and help chill dissent.
- owl57 3y agoIn a strange twist, I'm currently in Russia and use a VPN almost daily, but not for news — English-language news sites from HN to CNN simply aren't blocked, and to watch out for any new scary local stuff I find it most convenient to subscribe to Meduza in Telegram AND read a Russian news site such as lenta.ru "between the lines". Websites I need a VPN for most of the time are ones that just don't like users with Russian IPs, like my Western credit card company.