1,700 Websites In Russia Go Dark In SOPA-Style Protest 34
An anonymous reader writes "Russians are going nuts over a new anti-piracy law that enables Roskomnadzor (the Federal Supervision Agency for Information Technologies and Communications) to 'blacklist' Internet resources before the issue of a court order. Indeed, 1700 websites have issued a blackout, just like U.S. firms did in protest at the Stop Online Piracy Act. The law, widely known as the Russian SOPA, has been slammed by some major tech firms from the country, including Yandex. Freedom of speech campaigners are worried it could be used for political censorship, while digital companies say it will slow down the development of Internet services in the country."
Russia vs. Amerika (Score:3, Insightful)
What's the difference between indiscriminately shutting down arbitrary websites without a court order and doing the same after a rubber-stamp judge applies his magic seal without reading the court orders*?
* Which would cut into his precious golf time.
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