President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday signed a law requiring Internet companies to store all personal data of Russian users at data centres in Russia, a move which could chill criticism on foreign social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter. These companies, which do not have offices in Russia, have become a vital resource for opposition […]
President Vladimir Putin has signed a law tightening the Russian governments already strong hold on the internet. Earlier this week, Putin officially passed whats become known as the bloggers law, which requires popular internet writers to follow rules normally reserved for larger media outlets. Under it, any blogger with more than 3,000 readers is required […]
Russia’s Internet is going to start looking a lot more like China’s under a restrictive new law signed by Vladimir Putin, critics say. The measure dubbed the “blogger’s law” will remove anonymity from bloggers and declares any website with more than 3,000 daily visitors to be a media outlet…
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