Russia passes first draft of bill to unplug from global Internet - UPI.com
UPI reports: "The proposal is to create an alternative domain name system to protect
the Russian-language section of the Internet, in case it becomes
disconnected from the global Internet. It would also make it easier for
Russia to ban blocked websites, a prospect that's drawn criticism from
those who fear Internet censorship, similar to that in China. [...] The
bill is a result of discussions in December that said tighter Internet
control was needed to respond to 'aggressive' U.S. national
cybersecurity strategy."
Comment: This could be a strategy to achieve Chinese-style state control over the flow of information. It could also be an attempt to prepare for all-out cyberwar by protecting the Russian net if they take down the global internet. Of course, the internet was originally designed to survive war by being a distributed network, so we will see how well they do with trying to isolate themselves.
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