[grey_whiskers]

Buh-bye, Faecesbook.

[grey_whiskers]

*PING* to newsworthy stuff, not editorial.

What does this do to “Russian Hackers” ?

[Bullish]

Big Bro-skies is watching.

[rrrod]

Adolf Putin never disappoints....

[a fool in paradise]

https://www.cnet.com/news/obama-signs-order-outlining-emergency-internet-control/

A new executive order addresses how the country deals with the Internet during natural disasters and security emergencies, but it also puts a lot of power in the government’s hands.

BY
DARA KERR
JULY 10, 2012

[billakay]

This is necessary to ensure that Russia can guarantee the functional integrity of RUnet (the Russian Internet segment) in the case of a foreign attack (either overt or covert).

RUnet is one of the most open Internet segments in the world. There is very little government-sanctioned blocking, and virtually nothing from the outside world is filtered. Occasionally, a particular site may be blocked by a court order (much like here in the US). Lots of people assume the Russian Internet is something like the Chinese one, but, I assure you, it is not.