Law Repressing Social Media, Bloggers Now In Effect In Russia

Posted by timothy on Friday August 1, 2014 @01:18PM from the it-takes-a-village-but-not-yours dept.

An anonymous reader writes On Friday, Russia implemented a new law that significantly limits its citizens' online free speech. Under this new law, social media sites must "retain user data for at least six months...within the country's boundaries so it can be available for government inspection." Also, "bloggers with at least 3,000 daily readers must register with Roskomnadzor, the regulator that also oversees Russia's main media outlets." This, of course, means that popular bloggers will no longer be able to remain anonymous.

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Re:next... by Anonymous Coward · 2014-08-01 17:14 · Score: 0, Flamebait

Even then, the USSR did not do well, when they were thwarted from their warmaking apparatus.
Yeah, they weren't communists, except by propaganda. They were authoritarian militarists who knew to lie to the people.
Just like the ones in the West. Nobody ever claims to be the villain. They're always some form of hero. Even when they're wretched and despicable, they find a way to dress themselves up pretty, lying to the rest of us, if not to themselves.