[ NNSquad ] Russia bans anonymous blogging, orders bloggers to register

[Lauren Weinstein <lauren@vortex.com>]

Russia bans anonymous blogging, orders bloggers to register

(TechDirt): http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140423/09130227004/russian-net-clampdown-continues-now-its-turn-blogs-vkontakte.shtml

   "Clearly those onerous conditions are designed to make any blogger
    think twice or three times before publishing anything at all
    controversial or embarrassing for the authorities. The article notes
    that the new law may be challenged before Russia's Constitutional
    Court, and that there's a huge loophole in the form of blogs located
    overseas, which are not covered by the legislation. The fear has to be
    that the Russian government will now move on to blocking them too.
    Moreover, not content with intimidating independent blogs, the Russian
    authorities also seem to be tightening their grip on VKontakte, the
    Russian Facebook."

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