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Law Repressing Social Media, Bloggers Now In Effect In Russia

Posted by timothy on 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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  1. Re:At least the Russians are being upfront by BradMajors · · Score: 5, Informative

    And.... this information collection is legal in Russia, while what the NSA is doing is illegal.

  2. Re:next... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    You mean the Iron Curtain

    And yes.

  3. Re:the USSR is back by gymbrown · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I remember as a kid reading the Soviet Union’s constitution giving Soviet citizens more rights than the US. They had a very good constitution and Canada had none. I thought that in Canada, there was no protection similar to our first amendment but Canadians could say, type and publish their thoughts freely. The Soviet union required typewriters to be registered with a typing sample so unauthorized speech wouldn’t contaminate the citizens. Russia is going down the same hole as the Soviet Union and we are following close behind.

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  4. Re:next... by fustakrakich · · Score: 5, Insightful

    There is only one party. Bickering factions are what we see on the TV. It plays well to a wide audience.

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  5. Re:next... by Karmashock · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Russia's economy is dominated by its energy exports. It can and is largely subsisting on that income.

    If you want to break Russia's economy then you need to give europe an alternative energy source.

    Controversial as it may be, we should probably be advocating hydrologic fracturing in Eastern Europe. If Ukraine and Poland can ween themselves off Russian energy imports and possibly become net exporters to Germany then Russia's economic position will collapse indifferent to whether or not they censor bloggers.

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