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The authoritarian assault on Internet freedom is on the move in Russia and India

Rogue Valley

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The authoritarian assault on Internet freedom is on the move in Russia and India

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2/20/19
FOR EVERY step forward in the digital revolution comes a step back. Just last week, two retreats came in Russia and India. The potential value of the Internet, and its very freedom, is again shadowed by forces of authoritarianism and state control. The first came Feb. 12 when the lower house of the Russian parliament, the State Duma, voted to approve on first reading a bill that would give the authorities more power to create a “sovereign Internet” — and possibly cut Russia off from the global networks. The legislation was described as necessary to defend Russia from outside cyberattacks. But the effect would be to give Russian authorities a firm hand over Internet providers and users inside the country. A few years ago, Russia required every provider to install black boxes known by the acronym SORM on their lines so the secret services could intercept communications. Meanwhile, in India, the government is advancing rules that could allow it to demand that Internet platforms remove content, and it is requiring companies to install automated screening tools. Neither India nor Russia appears to be going as far as China’s all-encompassing Great Firewall, but these steps mark a serious retreat from the early promise of Internet freedom. They give governments too much power to police words and thoughts. A creeping assault on open expression is underway and ought to be met squarely and openly by those who believe the Internet should not be under the lock and key of Big Brother.
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Authoritarian attacks against a free and flowing Internet continue. Last week Moscow cut Russia off entirely from the World Wide Web. A harbinger of things to come.
 
No one is surprised by what Russia does, for it is not a genuine democracy.

But it is disappointing that -- according to the thread title -- India is joining the anti-Internet club.

Of course, we Yanks should be careful when criticizing other countries, for there are many forces here who are working hard to censor the Internet in the United States, too.

As we all know, certain comments are simply not allowed.
 
TheParser said:
No one is surprised by what Russia does, for it is not a genuine democracy.

But it is disappointing that -- according to the thread title -- India is joining the anti-Internet club.

Of course, we Yanks should be careful when criticizing other countries, for there are many forces here who are working hard to censor the Internet in the United States, too.

As we all know, certain comments are simply not allowed.
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Like?
 
Fledermaus said:
Like?
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I am but a humble computer-illiterate senior citizen.


You are a computer-savvy veteran member.


So you know very well that certain comments are banned from Twitter, Facebook, Internet discussion forums, etc.



Have a great new work week!
 
TheParser said:
I am but a humble computer-illiterate senior citizen.


You are a computer-savvy veteran member.


So you know very well that certain comments are banned from Twitter, Facebook, Internet discussion forums, etc.



Have a great new work week!
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And what might those be?

Hate speech?

Offers or exhortation to violence?

Child porn?
 
Fledermaus said:
And what might those be?
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Your humble servant has never visited Twitter or Facebook (and have no interest in doing so), but I have read that those two sites regularly censor and/or ban some conservative views. Of course, "progressive" views are more than welcome. Some of the big boys of the tech industry have publicly said that they are going to do everything possible to see that people vote the "correct" way.
 
TheParser said:
Your humble servant has never visited Twitter or Facebook (and have no interest in doing so), but I have read that those two sites regularly censor and/or ban some conservative views. Of course, "progressive" views are more than welcome. Some of the big boys of the tech industry have publicly said that they are going to do everything possible to see that people vote the "correct" way.
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You always believe everything you read? Seems so.
 
Rogue Valley said:
You always believe everything you read?
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Yes, if I read it on the Drudge Report or on Breitbart. They tell it as it is. Hope the in-coming Democratic president doesn't close them down.
 
TheParser said:
Yes, if I read it on the Drudge Report or on Breitbart. They tell it as it is. Hope the in-coming Democratic president doesn't close them down.
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Just what I thought. Another Trumper sans critical thinking skills.
 
TheParser said:
Your humble servant has never visited Twitter or Facebook (and have no interest in doing so), but I have read that those two sites regularly censor and/or ban some conservative views. Of course, "progressive" views are more than welcome. Some of the big boys of the tech industry have publicly said that they are going to do everything possible to see that people vote the "correct" way.
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So, you have no idea what is being censored.

Why didn't you say so?
 
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