This week cartoonist Ben Jennings takes on Vladimir Putin’s information war.
Ben Jennings: Russia’s propaganda machine
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CATEGORY: Russia
Liberalising internet governance: ICANN and the role of governments
Reforms are on the cards for internet governance, but no one seems to be clear what exactly these will do to the way the web is used. Sentiments of doom and gloom mix with utopian forecasts of freedom, Binoy Kampmark writes
Russia’s attack on internet freedom: “There is a lot of room for making things worse”
It’s been a bad week for the internet in Russia, with the founder of “Russian Facebook” claiming that Putin loyalists have total control of the site, and the Duma adopting controversial amendments targeting bloggers. Milana Knezevic writes
Putin’s Russia: Censoring anti-invasion sentiment
Censorship of anti-war sentiment in Russia now uses a mixture of state-sponsored media attacks, arms-length loyalists, crooked think tanks and legal strong-arming – but is it working? Alastair Sloan reports
Cambridge University Press is afraid of the Russians
A recent study of Vladimir Putin’s gangster tendencies has been suppressed: not by the Kremlin, but by a UK academic publisher living in fear of England’s libel laws, writes Padraig Reidy
Back to the USSR: Punitive psychiatric treatment returns to Russia
Punitive psychiatric treatment is returning to Russia. This is a throw back to Soviet times, with opposition activists condemned by a kangaroo court to bogus psychiatric treatment courses, with no chance of release until a doctor says so, Alastair Sloan writes
Russia: RIA Novosti liquidated amid fears of “more refined” threat to the press
The tightening of control over the Russian media is likely to continue, writes Valeria Costa-Kostritsky
Ukraine pages blocked on “Russian Facebook”
Authorities have have banned 13 sites said to be promoting Ukrainian nationalist groups
Russia: Putin opponent Aleksei Navalny banned from the internet
The noted regime critic has been placed under house arrest
Four parts of Sochi 2014 the Russians didn’t want their citizens to see
Some of the biggest talking points from the Winter Olympics were muted in the host country. Alastair Sloan reports