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Articles with tag "Internet"

watch your mouth

Russians Post More Profanities After Social Media Swearing Ban

A new Russian law requiring social media platforms to delete posts containing swear words came into force earlier this year.
opinion Andrei Soldatov

Russia’s Pursuit of Internet Sovereignty Backfires, Again

A Kremlin attempt to slow Twitter caused government websites to crash and raised new questions about its ambitious plans to regulate the internet.
extremely online

Russia's Twitter Slowdown Gets the Meme Treatment

The potentially precedent-setting news as seen through the lens of memes.
lost connectivity

Russia Says ‘Equipment Failure’ Behind Government Website Outages, Not Twitter Slowdown

Several Russian government websites briefly went down after authorities said they will slow Twitter speeds for Russian users.
Going online

Russians Increasingly Get Their News from Social Media, Internet – Poll

Television remains the most popular news source for Russians, however.
opinion Ilya Klishin

Four Ways the Kremlin Could Block Western Social Networks in Russia

Russia has been making loud but empty threats for years that it would block such giants as Facebook and Twitter. What if this time is different?
Internet Firewall

Russia Is ‘Ready’ to Disconnect from Global Internet, Medvedev Says

Dmitry Medvedev said Russia is capable of isolating its internet from the global web, but didn’t see any reason to do so.
new limits

Russian Lawmakers Back New Restrictions on Free Speech, Information, Protests

The sweeping legislative changes would allow Russia to block social media platforms, make online libel a criminal offense, and more.
ONLINE OPPOSITION

Russia’s Mixed Censorship Model Is a Boon for Online Activism

New research shows the growth of mobile internet leads to falling trust in governments, with Navalny as the prime example.
'unjustified' restrictions

Russia Threatens to Block YouTube for ‘Censoring’ State Media

The move comes after Facebook, Twitter and YouTube began labeling state-affiliated media accounts.
DATA LEAK

Millions of U.S. Voters’ Details Leak to Russia’s Dark Web – Kommersant

A user nicknamed Gorka9 advertised free access to the personal information of 7.6 million voters in Michigan in a discussion forum.
data security

Russia's FSB Tells Internet Firms to Hand Over User Data – The Bell

Companies that fail to comply can be blocked.
trial and error

Glitches Mar Russia’s Internet Isolation Test – RBC

Five internet providers reported slowdowns, low-quality signals and even temporary outages during the tests.
state-controlled internet

Russia Proposes Internet Ecosystem to Protect Users From ‘Foreign Influence’ – Report

The ecosystem's purpose is to minimize the risk of public opinion being manipulated through technology, Kommersant reported.
false threats

Russia Blocks Encrypted Swiss Email Service ProtonMail

Russian communications watchdog Roskomnadzor said ProtonMail had been used to send fake, anonymous bomb threats.
shutdown

Russia Plans 'Sovereign Internet' Tests to Combat External Threats

The threat testing will take place in stages on Dec. 23 and will not affect regular internet users, the ministry said on Thursday.
broadcast rights

Amazon's Twitch Says Russian Firm Drops Suit Over Illegal Content

Russia's Rambler media group wanted to sue the Amazon subsidiary for $2.88 billion over pirate broadcasts.
copyright claim

Russian Police Raid U.S.-Owned Web Server Nginx’s Moscow Office

Russian internet Rambler says its exclusive rights to the web server were violated, costing it up to $820,000.
Face Off

Russian Apps Could Be ‘Counterintelligence Threat,’ FBI Says

The U.S.’s top law enforcement agency said the FBI is treating any mobile app that comes out of Russia as a "potential counterintelligence threat."
DATA SECURITY

Russian Mobile Operators Flag Security Loopholes in Sovereign Internet Law

Internet providers have asked the government for new protections to stop third parties accessing user data.
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