Sunday , April 28 2024
Home / Mike Norman Economics / Vesti — Putin calls for greater Internet security, without freedom barriers for users

Vesti — Putin calls for greater Internet security, without freedom barriers for users

Summary:
Security versus privacy and censorship. It is necessary to improve the security of the Russian Internet (known colloquially as Runet). This was stated by President Vladimir Putin at a meeting of the Russian Security Council . For this he proposed to adopt additional normative acts. At the same time, the head of state stressed that it is not about limiting access to the internet and not about "total barriers and filters" for citizens."We must fight against those and those who use the information space to propagate radical ideas, justify terrorism, extremism, resolutely stop attempts to post materials that threaten the security of our state, society and individual citizens," Putin said at the meeting. Fort RussPutin calls for greater Internet security, without freedom barriers for users

Topics:
Mike Norman considers the following as important: , , , , ,

This could be interesting, too:

Matias Vernengo writes The Gift of Sanctions

Michael Hudson writes Understanding America’s Post-Industrial Economy

Angry Bear writes Gasoline, Part D, and Medicare Inflationary Increases

Joel Eissenberg writes War and Punishment


Security versus privacy and censorship.
It is necessary to improve the security of the Russian Internet (known colloquially as Runet). This was stated by President Vladimir Putin at a meeting of the Russian Security Council . For this he proposed to adopt additional normative acts. At the same time, the head of state stressed that it is not about limiting access to the internet and not about "total barriers and filters" for citizens.

"We must fight against those and those who use the information space to propagate radical ideas, justify terrorism, extremism, resolutely stop attempts to post materials that threaten the security of our state, society and individual citizens," Putin said at the meeting.
Fort Russ
Putin calls for greater Internet security, without freedom barriers for users
Vesti - translated by Inessa Sinchougova
According to RBC, members of the Association of European Businesses (AEB) are concerned by the impact of the new law that may complicate or even ban the use of Virtual Private Networks (VPN) by international companies operating in Russia. As we have reported, according to this law any VPN services or anonymizers will have to restrict users’ access to the websites officially prohibited in Russia (which are currently accessible via these VPNs). As for VPNs and proxies that do not comply with the rules, Russian authorities plan to block their domains and remove their apps from App Store and Google Play....
Awara
Foreign Businesses Express Concern over the Upcoming VPN Ban in Russia
Mike Norman
Mike Norman is an economist and veteran trader whose career has spanned over 30 years on Wall Street. He is a former member and trader on the CME, NYMEX, COMEX and NYFE and he managed money for one of the largest hedge funds and ran a prop trading desk for Credit Suisse.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *