alt.hn

3/31/2026 at 11:53:28 AM

Putin's Internet Blackout: A Chaotic Drive to Cut Off Russians from the World

 https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/world/europe/russia-putin-telegram-internet.html

by Stratoscope

3/31/2026 at 12:40:34 PM

Years from now, expect to see similar bans in America as authoritarianism combined with a docile population fail to curtail abuses by a corrupt ruling class similar to Putin's Russia. Already, there are age-verification for adult sites in some states and now age-gating required of operating systems too... these green shoots are priming the populace to accept incremental intrusions and privacy invasions more readily.

by burnt-resistor

3/31/2026 at 12:15:53 PM

oh can one hope...

by sznio