- Russia’s areas are experiencing Internet mobile blackouts
- It is said that they are necessary to combat the attacks of Ukrainian drones
- Many believe that blackouts can be measures in digital rights
In the midst of the Russian Invasion of Ukraine, technology has been a crucial point of leverage for both parties, with a technological infrastructure such as telecommunications and mobile internet services directed in disruptive offensives aimed at weakening on the other side, even leading Russia to close their own Internet services in the name of national security.
A new report of the non -profit of the Russian Internet Protection Society has outlined a closing record of 2,000 mobile internet services in July, pointing out a dramatic increase in digital restrictions, and rights groups say that many of the blackouts do not seem to be related to any threat.
Russian authorities have blocked VPN advertising and Cloudflare subnets in a large -scale repression against digital rights. Platforms such as Twitch, Tiktok, YouTube and even Duolingo are inaccessible without a VPN.
Guilty drones attacks
These blackouts have a serious impact on life in parts of Russia and cut access to things such as maps, bank applications, purchase of fuel or even communicate with their loved ones, with conversations to block WhatsApp suggesting that the State pushes citizens to services of controlled message controlled by the government highly monitored.
Russia has cited the need to prevent and defend against the attacks of Ukrainian drones, but this explanation is not convinced of all. The economic losses of these interruptions are estimated by guard dogs that are around 26 billion rubles ($ 290 million) alone in July, and rural areas are left isolated.
Dmitry Gudkov, former deputy and co -founder of the Analysis and Strategy Center in Europe told Le Monde that the authorities are “gradually restricting freedoms” through these courts;
“They are acclimatizing society to life without the Internet. The day they need to cut the mobile network, for example, to quell protests, they will know they can do it.”
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