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Putin Signs Law to Remove Pirate Proxies From Search Engines

posted by Fnord666 on Wednesday July 05 2017, @01:36AM   
from the no-content-for-you! dept.

MrPlow writes:

Submitted via IRC for TheMightyBuzzard

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a new law that will enable pirate mirror, proxy and other derivative sites to be blocked quickly by ISPs. Sites will be approved for blocking by the government and the local telecoms watchdog, and ISPs will be given 24 hours to block all access. Search engines will also be compelled to remove all variants from results.

Source: TorrentFreak

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• Re:At least its legal and public censorship (Score: 4, Interesting) by n1 on Wednesday July 05 2017, @02:59AM

  by n1 (993) on Wednesday July 05 2017, @02:59AM (#535036) Journal

  Internet censorship in the United Kingdom is conducted under a variety of laws, judicial processes, administrative regulations and voluntary arrangements. It is achieved by blocking access to sites as well as the use of laws that criminalise publication or possession of certain types of material.

  I wouldn't be surprised if some UK data/intelligence/consultancy firm helps them set up some new blocking and filtering systems to create a strong and stable Russia.

  I'm sure BAE is already trying to arrange some meetings.

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_censorship_in_the_United_Kingdom [wikipedia.org]

  https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/jun/15/bae-mass-surveillance-technology-repressive-regimes [theguardian.com]

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