▲ 521 ▼ Russia Is Trying to Leave the Internet and Build Its Own (www.scientificamerican.com) submitted 3 years ago by bboplifa@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 130 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] callmepk@lemmy.world 23 points 3 years ago (1 child) Damn they are going to pull a China permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] iopq@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago (2 children) China only blocks most popular websites, they don't block random personal pages permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] callmepk@lemmy.world 8 points 3 years ago They do though, some of personal blogs i follow also banned in China; There is a saying in my circle of friends in Mainland China that the blog is “certified by Great Firewall of China” if a person’s blog got blocked permalink fedilink source parent [–] astral_avocado@lemmynsfw.com 7 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) They also monitor internet communications and you can get your account deleted or a police visit if you post something to critical of the state. That's probably irresistibly attractive to Putin. In my time working at a hosting provider we would get these very strange requests from the Russian government demanding Russian websites customers had with us be taken down for moral violations. Like a DMCA but for free speech. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] iopq@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago (2 children) China only blocks most popular websites, they don't block random personal pages permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] callmepk@lemmy.world 8 points 3 years ago They do though, some of personal blogs i follow also banned in China; There is a saying in my circle of friends in Mainland China that the blog is “certified by Great Firewall of China” if a person’s blog got blocked permalink fedilink source parent [–] astral_avocado@lemmynsfw.com 7 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) They also monitor internet communications and you can get your account deleted or a police visit if you post something to critical of the state. That's probably irresistibly attractive to Putin. In my time working at a hosting provider we would get these very strange requests from the Russian government demanding Russian websites customers had with us be taken down for moral violations. Like a DMCA but for free speech. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] callmepk@lemmy.world 8 points 3 years ago They do though, some of personal blogs i follow also banned in China; There is a saying in my circle of friends in Mainland China that the blog is “certified by Great Firewall of China” if a person’s blog got blocked permalink fedilink source parent
[–] astral_avocado@lemmynsfw.com 7 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) They also monitor internet communications and you can get your account deleted or a police visit if you post something to critical of the state. That's probably irresistibly attractive to Putin. In my time working at a hosting provider we would get these very strange requests from the Russian government demanding Russian websites customers had with us be taken down for moral violations. Like a DMCA but for free speech. permalink fedilink source parent