The ban on the popular social network and messaging app heralds a new era of pressure on online privacy, including for western internet companies.
New legislation targeting foreign media operating in Russia has evoked parallels with the US. Here’s why they’re wrong.
The Russian state’s mass expansion of surveillance online and offline is not making citizens any safer.
In ten years, the number of active Russian internet users has leapt from 3% to 48% of the population, and counting. The government reacted by introducing a register of blacklisted sites. But some users are fighting back. на русском языке
За последнее десятилетие, количество активных пользователей Рунета выросло с 3% до 48% от общего числа населения и продолжает неуклонно расти. Государство отреагировало введением закона о «едином реестре запрещенных сайтов». Но пользователи сопротивляются.В интернет-сообществе исторически сильны т
