Russian Duma proposal to create internet censorship

[Ksenia Kologrieva]

The word is spread:)
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/11/world/europe/wikipedia-shuts-site-to-protest-bill-for-firewall-in-russia.html
This is crazy.

Best,
Ksenia Kologrieva


On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 3:37 PM, Clowes, Edith W <eclowes at ku.edu> wrote:

>  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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