[Wikimedia-l] Russian internet censorship

[Yaroslav M. Blanter]

On Tue, 12 Feb 2013 05:43:25 -0600, Samuel Klein wrote:
> Russia seems to be experimenting with Internet blacklist and 
> whitelist
> programs.  Is ru:wp likely to be affected by this?
>
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> http://globalvoicesonline.org/2013/02/03/russian-internet-censorship-imitates-satire/
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> https://www.accessnow.org/blog/2013/02/08/russia-blacklists-site-hosting-blogs-of-prominent-journalists
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> SJ
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To my understanding, this is unpredictable. The laws in the form they 
passed the parliament make, in principle, some content in Wikipedia and 
on Commons illegal. On the other hand, the laws are not reasonable, and 
will be implemented occasionally. Whether Wikipedia is going to be 
affected is probably determined by whether some zealous investigator 
will decide to pursue the case. So far, they first warned websites and 
then blacklisted them if no reaction was forthcoming, but this practice 
can change anytime.

Cheers
Yaroslav