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Russia Is Trying to Leave the Internet and Build Its Own (www.scientificamerican.com)
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[–] astral_avocado@lemmynsfw.com 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

They also monitor internet communications and you can get your account deleted or a police visit if you post something to critical of the state. That's probably irresistibly attractive to Putin.

In my time working at a hosting provider we would get these very strange requests from the Russian government demanding Russian websites customers had with us be taken down for moral violations. Like a DMCA but for free speech.