1,700 Websites In Russia Go Dark In SOPA-Style Protest

Posted by Soulskill on Friday August 2, 2013 @06:23AM from the one-short-of-the-full-enterprise dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Russians are going nuts over a new anti-piracy law that enables Roskomnadzor (the Federal Supervision Agency for Information Technologies and Communications) to 'blacklist' Internet resources before the issue of a court order. Indeed, 1700 websites have issued a blackout, just like U.S. firms did in protest at the Stop Online Piracy Act. The law, widely known as the Russian SOPA, has been slammed by some major tech firms from the country, including Yandex. Freedom of speech campaigners are worried it could be used for political censorship, while digital companies say it will slow down the development of Internet services in the country."

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In Soviet Russia... by Sigvatr · 2013-08-02 06:26 · Score: 4, Funny

...websites log out you!
1. Re:In Soviet Russia... by K.+S.+Kyosuke · 2013-08-02 08:28 · Score: 1, Funny
  
  ...websites log out you!
  That's very gay, but that also makes it illegal in Russia.
  
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  Ezekiel 23:20
Don't worry Snowden will take care of that by Anonymous Coward · 2013-08-02 06:28 · Score: 0, Funny

Isn't that why he's there?
1700+ sent to prison and tortuere chambers by cod3r_ · 2013-08-02 06:30 · Score: 1, Funny

Not smart to fuck with the russian government.
To the rescue by Anonymous Coward · 2013-08-02 07:06 · Score: 1, Funny

Perhaps Mr. Snowden will be able to help...