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Since when did a government stay up late at night worrying about its people inciting others to suicide and porn? The fact that Suicide and Porn websites are pa
by maeon3 14y ago
Since when did a government stay up late at night worrying about its people inciting others to suicide and porn? The fact that Suicide and Porn websites are part of the items on the blacklist is almost proof that this blacklist's primary purpose is to be re-tooled to contain everything BUT those items.
The items to be added to the list are whatever the government wants off the internet. Anything that makes the government look bad, anything that reports on corruption, anything that spreads truth rather than the government sponsored truth-narrative.
I wonder what happens if the bozo at the command-and-control internet console accidentally adds asterisk into the blacklist? Does the entire Internet get completely shutdown?
- ansgri 14y ago> what happens if the bozo at the command-and-control internet console accidentally adds asterisk into the blacklist? The list is almost certainly on paper, and it will take long path through bureaucracy to the service providers, which will be ultimately responsible for enforcong it.
- alt_ 14y agoI wouldn't bet on it: http://torrentfreak.com/google-facebook-and-8000-other-sites-accidentally-dns-blocked-120302/ http://torrentfreak.com/google-facebook-and-8000-other-sites...
- fromhet 14y ago> Since when did a government stay up late at night worrying about its people inciting others to suicide and porn? Well, since about the dawn of time. I doubt this wont have severe consequences for Russian internet freedom, but at least preventing suicide is something governments are doing. Sadly, they don't understand the internet and they don't seem to understand why freedom is better.