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Russia just made a ton of Internet memes illegal

30 points by ot 12y ago

strzzz 12y ago
Idiots
ArekDymalski 12y ago
Memes prohibition is rather pathetic, but the mentioned "law that forced all bloggers with more than 3,000 daily readers to register with the Roskomnadzor, basically outlawing anonymous blogs" is a nightmare.
yuashizuki 12y ago
We cant completely trust these sources, after all its "Washington" post.
- cpncrunch 12y ago
  You don't happen to work for the Internet Research centre, do you?
  - yuashizuki 12y ago
    did the washigton post write any topics on this https://www.google.com/search?q=fuck+the+eu&oq=fuck+the+eu&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i60l5.1830j0j7&sourceid=chrome&es_sm=119&ie=UTF-8 https://www.google.com/search?q=fuck+the+eu&oq=fuck+the+eu&a.... And no media ever covers about the brutality in saudi arabia may be because that authoritarian regime is a allie of USA. No one gave a shit about 2000 people who dead in affrica recentely. But the 2000 that died in 911 is given a 1000x more attention than affricans. THIS is the media, its absolutely unfair.
    - cpncrunch 12y ago
      A quick search shows that they did in fact write about the "fuck the eu" story and the Boko Haram massacre, and they have written a whole raft of articles about human rights abuses in Saudi Arabia.
      - yuashizuki 12y ago
        You can down vote me or do anything. Nothing is going to change the truth, and you know it !
- EugeneOZ 12y ago
  Actually he is right (at least about this publication). It's just "rumors", based on one "funny" post in social network from one of russian state organizations. There is no law under that post and this organization can't "make illegal" anything - they aren't allowed to write laws but only execute them. Look at the other posts and you will see (even without any translations) that it's the least adequate organization in Russia: https://vk.com/rkn?w=wall-76229642_36939 https://vk.com/rkn?w=wall-76229642_36939 - it's one of their official posts. It's State Organization, allowed to ban sites in russian segment of internet. Make your conclusions.
qnaal 12y ago
We just have to let Russia find her own way.
- chucksmart 12y ago
  No we need to enforce gay rights on them.
- PhantomGremlin 12y ago
  Exactly. This needs to be emphasized. Whether it's Russia and its politicians and its speech laws, or it's Iraq or Libya or Syria or whatever, those people need to figure it out for themselves. Maybe they can use the USA for inspiration. Maybe they can use the USA as examples of what not to do. We can't wish our values and our culture on them. It needs to come from within. Of course, this shouldn't apply to external affairs. It shouldn't be OK for Putin to invade Ukraine or threaten the Baltics. That band isn't getting back together.
- tonyedgecombe 12y ago
  Russia was finding her own way after the first world war and it didn't work out so well for most of Eastern Europe.
krapp 12y ago
I'm sure the Russian internet community will respond to this with the tactful respect and dignity it deserves.
- Grue3 12y ago
  Considering the amount of kremlinbots and government apologists that populate Russian internet community, I doubt it. This will be largely be applauded, just like the previous attempts at censorship were.
coldtea 12y ago
Russia, and most of the western world for that matter, including England et al, don't have the same free speech protections for all kinds of references to others the way the US has. Anti-defamation law is a thing in other countries -- and lest people start to pity them, they should know that they like having their own customs and laws, thank you very much. Besides, most of them don't have other BS for balance, like say the death penalty or crazed tea-party/bible-yielding/Obama-is-the-devil populations...
- sukilot 12y ago
  The country that assassinates leading politicians doesn't have "other BS"? When a country isn't democracy, its hard to say that the people like the laws.
  - coldtea 12y ago
    You mean like JFK and Bob Kennedy, prominent black leaders like MLK and Malcom X, and who knows how many more either in assasinations or in more sophisticated career killing schemes?
cmdrfred 12y ago
when things like this happen now I just think "What will John Oliver say about this?"

30 points by ot 12y ago

Idiots

Memes prohibition is rather pathetic, but the mentioned "law that forced all bloggers with more than 3,000 daily readers to register with the Roskomnadzor, basically outlawing anonymous blogs" is a nightmare.

yuashizuki 12y ago

We cant completely trust these sources, after all its "Washington" post.

cpncrunch 12y ago
You don't happen to work for the Internet Research centre, do you?
- yuashizuki 12y ago
  did the washigton post write any topics on this https://www.google.com/search?q=fuck+the+eu&oq=fuck+the+eu&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i60l5.1830j0j7&sourceid=chrome&es_sm=119&ie=UTF-8 https://www.google.com/search?q=fuck+the+eu&oq=fuck+the+eu&a.... And no media ever covers about the brutality in saudi arabia may be because that authoritarian regime is a allie of USA. No one gave a shit about 2000 people who dead in affrica recentely. But the 2000 that died in 911 is given a 1000x more attention than affricans. THIS is the media, its absolutely unfair.
  - cpncrunch 12y ago
    A quick search shows that they did in fact write about the "fuck the eu" story and the Boko Haram massacre, and they have written a whole raft of articles about human rights abuses in Saudi Arabia.
    - yuashizuki 12y ago
      You can down vote me or do anything. Nothing is going to change the truth, and you know it !
EugeneOZ 12y ago
Actually he is right (at least about this publication). It's just "rumors", based on one "funny" post in social network from one of russian state organizations. There is no law under that post and this organization can't "make illegal" anything - they aren't allowed to write laws but only execute them. Look at the other posts and you will see (even without any translations) that it's the least adequate organization in Russia: https://vk.com/rkn?w=wall-76229642_36939 https://vk.com/rkn?w=wall-76229642_36939 - it's one of their official posts. It's State Organization, allowed to ban sites in russian segment of internet. Make your conclusions.

qnaal 12y ago

We just have to let Russia find her own way.

chucksmart 12y ago
No we need to enforce gay rights on them.
PhantomGremlin 12y ago
Exactly. This needs to be emphasized. Whether it's Russia and its politicians and its speech laws, or it's Iraq or Libya or Syria or whatever, those people need to figure it out for themselves. Maybe they can use the USA for inspiration. Maybe they can use the USA as examples of what not to do. We can't wish our values and our culture on them. It needs to come from within. Of course, this shouldn't apply to external affairs. It shouldn't be OK for Putin to invade Ukraine or threaten the Baltics. That band isn't getting back together.
tonyedgecombe 12y ago
Russia was finding her own way after the first world war and it didn't work out so well for most of Eastern Europe.

krapp 12y ago

I'm sure the Russian internet community will respond to this with the tactful respect and dignity it deserves.

Grue3 12y ago
Considering the amount of kremlinbots and government apologists that populate Russian internet community, I doubt it. This will be largely be applauded, just like the previous attempts at censorship were.

coldtea 12y ago

Russia, and most of the western world for that matter, including England et al, don't have the same free speech protections for all kinds of references to others the way the US has. Anti-defamation law is a thing in other countries -- and lest people start to pity them, they should know that they like having their own customs and laws, thank you very much. Besides, most of them don't have other BS for balance, like say the death penalty or crazed tea-party/bible-yielding/Obama-is-the-devil populations...

sukilot 12y ago
The country that assassinates leading politicians doesn't have "other BS"? When a country isn't democracy, its hard to say that the people like the laws.
- coldtea 12y ago
  You mean like JFK and Bob Kennedy, prominent black leaders like MLK and Malcom X, and who knows how many more either in assasinations or in more sophisticated career killing schemes?

cmdrfred 12y ago

when things like this happen now I just think "What will John Oliver say about this?"