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The Kremlin Tightens Its Grip on the Internet

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the more-you-tighten-your-fingers dept.

reporter writes "According to a report just published by "The Washington Post", the percentage of Russian adults having access to the Internet has risen from 8% in 2002 to 25% in 2007. This growth has attracted the attention of the Kremlin. Its allies are creating pro-Kremlin web sites and are purchasing web sites known for high-quality independent journalism. Pro-Kremlin bloggers have used their skills to bury news about anti-Kremlin demonstrations: at Russian news portals, web links to news about pro-Kremlin rallies consistently rank higher than web links to news about anti-Kremlin demonstrations. The most disturbing development is that the Kremlin intends to develop a Russian Internet which is separate from the global Internet. Russian officials are studying the techniques that the Chinese use to censor the Internet."

11 of 280 comments (clear)

  1. Spooky by Stormwatch · · Score: 5, Funny

    Seriously. I got a "Nothing for you to see here. Please move along."

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    Circumcision is child abuse.
    1. Re:Spooky by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
      > Seriously. I got a "Nothing for you to see here. Please move along."

      You must be American. I got a "Please to move along, for nothing here sees YOU!"

  2. Wow by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    So, does this mean that kremvax will be brought back online?

  3. Re:Not surprising by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    No, next up is a homegrown search engine called Groognik, which uses the proprietary PutinRank(tm) to score pages for their positive content. Next they will take a page from the Chinese and redirect search traffic to Groognik.

  4. Obligatory by MaXimillion · · Score: 3, Funny

    In Soviet Russia, the government controls you.

    No, wait...

  5. Re:Russia already has a second world... by Vlad_the_Inhaler · · Score: 5, Funny

    If the Russians are going to keep our Internet out, can they please also keep their spam in.

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    Mielipiteet omiani - Opinions personal, facts suspect.
  6. Re:But we must be tolerant by apparently · · Score: 2, Funny
    After all, if we weren't, we'd have to go after a hell of a lot of muslims urgently. And they do a lot more silencing than even the kremlin.


    Wow. What kind of kool-aid did you get? I got a pack of Cheneyberry sitting in my cupboard, but I haven't tried it yet. Is the new FoxCherryBlast formula as good as the old?

  7. Re:They'll need a catchy name for it by Ragzouken · · Score: 5, Funny

    Perhaps the iCurtain?

  8. Re:They'll need a catchy name for it by Belacgod · · Score: 2, Funny

    The Silicon Curtain?

  9. Re:They'll need a catchy name for it by jujav4ik · · Score: 3, Funny

    RedCurtain2.0 will look better :)

  10. Re:They'll need a catchy name for it by OneoFamillion · · Score: 2, Funny

    They'll just have the Internyet, that way you'll never know which one you're talking about.