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prophesi · 2018-05-31
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For a history on Putin's censorship: https://www.amazon.com/Red-Web-Struggle-Dictators-Revolution...
prophesi · 2018-04-26
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After finishing The Red Web[0], reports like this absolutely freak me out. This sort of censorship is a totalitarian government's dream, and there's no way to verify who or what is influencing Facebook's timeline algorithms, not to mention that it's simply annoying to not be able to actually control what you see.
[0] https://www.amazon.com/Red-Web-Struggle-Dictators-Revolution...
strictnein · 2017-01-07
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If you're looking for a good book covering Russia's attempts at harnessing/controlling/etc the Internet (both domestically and internationally):
The Red Web: The Struggle Between Russia’s Digital Dictators and the New Online Revolutionaries
