Artyom Sheikin, a member of the Russian parliament's Federation Council, said on October 3 that the country’s Roskomnadzor media watchdog plans to block virtual private networks (VPNs) across the country as of March 1, 2024.

Artyom Sheikin, a member of the Russian parliament’s Federation Council, said on October 3 that the country’s Roskomnadzor media watchdog plans to block virtual private networks (VPNs) across the country as of March 1, 2024.

    • tryptaminev 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺@feddit.deEnglish
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      9 months ago

      China is also cracking down on VPNs and in many western countries there political ambitions to do so, because “good people have nothing to hide” and “it is okay if we do the surveillance because we arent autocracies like Russia so you have nothing to fear, wink wink”

      • HenriVolney@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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        9 months ago

        Of course, it’s just that the Russian regime is going to black out all western sites that are not aligned with its propaganda and no reality other than the one fed by the government will be accessible by the people. This is 1984 shit.

    • agarorn@feddit.deEnglish
      2·
      9 months ago

      I mean the cold war was a thing. Back then trade between systems was lower than today.

      • HenriVolney@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        2·
        9 months ago

        Sure, I’m talking about the total isolation of the population from other countries. Complete Internet control and censorship seems to lead in that direction.