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Why Are So Many Major Websites Blocked In Russia? |
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Status: Available Now!
Type: News
Date: Sunday 13 August 2017, 12:00 AM
Media: Forevent
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About the organization BlockedinRussia:
Type: Non-Profit
Sub-Types: Website, Search Engine, Sourcing Agent, Activism, Cyber Activism, Internet, News, Online News, Whistleblowing Agent |
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Notable Organizations: BlockedinRussia, Forevent
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| Linkedin, WeChat and more recently Google or Facebook have experienced ending up being blocked in Russia. While it might have been temporarily for Google, WeChat and Linkedin were permanently blocked...
It’s not clear why LinkedIn — which has out of its 467 million users only 5 million registered in Russia — was targeted in this case. Some have speculated that it was a warning to bigger sites to be on their guard.
Russia has described its rule on localized servers as a way of protecting user’s personal data, although many dispute this reasoning, claiming that Russia simply wants an easier route to access that data for itself.
Data and the hacking of it is, in a way, shaping up to be the next cold war frontier. Russia has been implicated in a number of high-profile hacking cases, such as the recent breach of Democratic National Committee servers. Those investigations are still ongoing. Meanwhile, countries like the U.S. and U.K. are redoubling their efforts to build up their expertise and security both in response to the wave of breaches, but also perhaps to better arm themselves as aggressors.
Facebook and Twitter, both accessible in Russia, are among those that today appear still to keep their data housed out of Russia. Apple and Google reportedly have complied.
And, as is often the case with these blocks, if you are in the country and use a VPN service that essentially makes you look like you’re online in another country, you can continue to use LinkedIn and anything else that is or might get blocked. |
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