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  • Russia's plan to disconnect from Internet raises Great Firewall fears

    02/12/2019 2:30:18 PM PST · by CondoleezzaProtege · 31 replies
    Fox News ^ | Feb 12, 2019 | Christopher Carbone
    Russia is going to temporarily unplug from the internet as part of what the country is calling a planned experiment. According to a report from Russian news site RBC, the planned disconnection is intended to examine whether the country run by Vladimir Putin is prepared for a draft law that mandates a "sovereign" internet. ZDNet reports that a draft of the law required that Russian internet service providers must ensure the independence of the Russian internet space (Runet) in the case of foreign aggression to disconnect the country from the rest of the internet. The legislation's goal is to prevent...