Putin criticizes "digital giants" that challenge "legitimate democratic institutions"

Putin criticizes “digital giants” that challenge “legitimate democratic institutions”

Thursday, January 28th 2021 - 09:14 UTC

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Russian President Vladimir Putin criticized the growing influence of U.S. social media companies and said their impact on society now puts them in competition with elected governments. Read full article

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HansF
Listening to a former KGB, now turned into-a-forever Prime of Russia talking about “legitimate democratic institutions” is like having to stand a Kirchnerite-Peronist thug talking about “the nation”, “the honesty” and a “plan” to overcome the economic crisis in Argentina.

The dream of building its own Russian Internet is dead.

https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/telecom/internet/could-russia-really-build-its-own-alternate-internet

Good luck now, trying to have digital giants and digital nomades regulated or banned in the net!
Jan 28th, 2021 - 11:03 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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