CRTC Bans RT and RT France from the Canadian Airwaves Drew Wilson | March 17, 2022 Canadian regulator, the CRTC, has banned Russian state controlled media, RT and RT France from the airwaves.
Battle Lines Drawn In Cryptocurrency as Sanctions Continue to Weigh on Russia Drew Wilson | March 14, 2022 As sanctions continue to hammer the Russian economy, some battles are taking place in the cryptocurrency world.
Tech Companies Like Microsoft and Netflix Exodus Out of Russia Drew Wilson | March 9, 2022 There’s been a massive exodus of corporations leaving Russia over the war on Ukraine. This includes Netflix and Microsoft.
Russia Blocks Facebook As Putin’s War on Ukraine Intensifies, Considers Blocking Twitter Drew Wilson | March 8, 2022 In another interesting twist, Russia has reportedly blocked Facebook. Twitter is also being considered for blocking as well.
PayPal, Visa, and MasterCard Suspend Services in Russia Over Ukraine War Drew Wilson | March 7, 2022 There’s loads of twists and turns with Putin’s war on Ukraine. Three of them are PayPal, Via, and MasterCard’s responses.
Copyright Used As Pretext for Russian Police Raid of Nginx Inc. Drew Wilson | December 16, 2019 US company, Nginx had their offices raided by Russian police. The Rambler Group claims that the company was infringing on its copyright.
Reports – Russia Gearing Up for New Piracy Crackdown Drew Wilson | January 29, 2013 By Drew Wilson News is surfacing that the Russian Ministry of Culture is gearing up for a new offensive against Internet piracy. According to both Russian and French reports, if a website owner receives a complaint of copyright infringing material, then the owner has 24 hours to remove it or face a fine. One of …
Russian Orthodox Activists Want ISPs to Block Facebook Drew Wilson | July 13, 2012 Just days after Russia passed an Internet blacklist law, a religious group is now trying to block social networking site Facebook. The reason? The apparent new status for same sex marriages. The Russian Orthodox activists gave the site an ultimatum to stop “flirting with sodomites” and remove all content promoting homosexuality, but after Facebook refused …
Russia Passes Internet Censorship Laws Drew Wilson | July 11, 2012 Russia is the latest country to enact laws that allows it to censor the Internet. The Russian version of Wikiepedia protested the bill by blacking out its website earlier, unfortunately, that didn’t stop the legislation from going into effect.
Report – Russian Police Chief Wants Internet Anonymity Abolished Drew Wilson | June 4, 2009 On the heals of the first ever Russian raid against a BitTorrent site, the Russian interior minister is now demanding that an anonymous internet should be abolished according to one news source.
