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[ PRIVACY Forum ] Russia bans anonymous blogging,
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Thu Apr 24 19:04:36 2014
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2014 15:33:07 -0700
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Russia bans anonymous blogging, orders bloggers to register
(TechDirt): http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140423/09130227004/russian-net-clampdown-continues-now-its-turn-blogs-vkontakte.shtml
"Clearly those onerous conditions are designed to make any blogger
think twice or three times before publishing anything at all
controversial or embarrassing for the authorities. The article notes
that the new law may be challenged before Russia's Constitutional
Court, and that there's a huge loophole in the form of blogs located
overseas, which are not covered by the legislation. The fear has to be
that the Russian government will now move on to blocking them too.
Moreover, not content with intimidating independent blogs, the Russian
authorities also seem to be tightening their grip on VKontakte, the
Russian Facebook."
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