War and Conflict
Internet backbone provider Lumen is ending service in Russia
Such as a movie is “without precedent in the history of the internet.”
French digital minister tells Big Tech platforms to scale up “fact-checking capabilities”
Ministers continue to push Big Tech giants to be the arbiter of truth.
Cloudflare, Akamai refuse to pull services from Russian citizens
“Our conclusion, in consultation with those experts, is that Russia needs more Internet access, not less.”
VPN use in Russia skyrockets to all-time high
Russian citizens are rushing to evade censorship.
Justin Trudeau praises countries that stand against “misinformation, propaganda”
He claims that increased sharing of misinformation is a sign of “a slippage in our democracies.”
Russia introduces law to jail sharers of “misinformation” for 15 years
A sweeping censorship law.
Visa and Mastercard’s Russia boycott drives the country to further embrace Chinese payment systems
Russia and China are growing their tech alliances.
Russia blocks Facebook and Twitter
Mass blocking.
Reddit bans links to Russia state media
Site-wide block.
Staff of Russian independent news outlet to leave Russia after government censorship
The outlet was struggling to operate after being blocked in the country.
Czechia to jail people for social media posts supporting Russian invasion
“Freedom of speech also has its limits in a democratic state governed by the rule of law.”
Ukraine asks for Russian web domains to be deleted
And demands DNS servers be shut down.