Russia Is Trying to Leave the Internet and Build Its Own

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Russia Is Trying to Leave the Internet and Build Its Own
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It would be great, but think about it for a second. Russian bots and trolls that are operated by the government will still exist, it's not like they would cease trying to spread misinformation or destabilizing opinions. So that won't change at all. This would primarily affect the people in the country who would now be unable to see real news or learn things the government doesn't want them to.

I'm all for giving Russia the finger, but I do fear that it won't actually make anything better for the rest of us and would just make the people worse off.

Russian bots and trolls that are operated by the government will still exist

I hope I can block whole ASNs originated from orcs land, so I can block those too. Or at least majority of them.

I mean, if no normal citizen can access the outside internet then we will know for sure that any connection coming out of Russia has to be a bot. So that would make blocking them much more easier.