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[-] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 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.

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