Russian Duma proposal to create internet censorship

[Clowes, Edith W]

Dear Colleagues,

Have you seen the awful news that the Duma is discussing a form
of censorship of the Russian-language internet?
http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/ was blocked for several hours today in protest
of the discussions. Check out this report:
http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/internet/3369004/wikipedia-russia-other-sites-protest-proposed-internet-censorship-law/


Would you spread the word? ASEEES and AATSEEL and other Russian-related
organizations should lodge a formal protest, also.

I'm shocked...

Edith

Edith W. Clowes,
Professor, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures
http://www2.ku.edu/~slavic/
Director, Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies
http://www.crees.ku.edu
University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS  66045

Have a look: "Russia on the Edge: Imagined Geographies and Post-Soviet Identity"
http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/author/?fa=ShowAuthor&Person_ID=265

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