Putin Targets US Social Media, Secret Agent Leaks and Protests With New Laws

Newsmax ^ | December 30, 2020

[Navy Patriot]

President Vladimir Putin signed an array of laws on Wednesday handing Russia new powers to restrict U.S. social media giants, label individuals "foreign agents," and to crack down on the disclosure of its security officers' personal data.

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One of Wednesday's laws enables Russia to block or restrict access to sites that "discriminate" against its media, part of a campaign under Putin to increase Russia's internet "sovereignty" that has fueled fears of creeping China-style controls.

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A second law introduces hefty fines of up to 20% of their previous year's Russia-based turnover for sites that repeatedly fail to remove banned content, something that YouTube and Facebook have often failed to do according to Russian lawmakers.

A third law prohibits the disclosure of the personal data of Russian security officials, records that are sometimes leaked online and have been used by investigative journalists to track clandestine operations.

[Navy Patriot]

Interesting times, interesting article ...

[SmokingJoe]

Every single government in every country should launch a jihad against the US social media giants. They are evil, pernicious, destructive and out to destroy the world as we know it. US tech giants like Google, Facebook, Twitter etc need to be destroyed. If not destroyed, these evil companies will help to steal elections in every country same as they just did in the US.
Three cheers to Putin for cracking down on these evil doers.

[BobL]

If we had done the same, Trump would have OFFICIALLY won by a landslide. Now it’s our turn to ‘enjoy’ the fruits of Communism.

[Ciexyz]

Most interesting.

[Navy Patriot]

I agree, there are checks and balances for everything except “Journalists”, Mainstream Media, Entertainment and “Social” Media.