Submission Statement: A Russian court’s decision to fine Google $20 decillion for not lifting a ban on pro-Kremlin YouTube channels may seem laughable, but it’s part of a larger, multi-staged attack on internet freedoms. The Kremlin has successfully used foreign courts, including in South Africa, to target Google and has also made progress in censorship technology at home, blocking VPN services and slowing YouTube streaming, ultimately confining users within national borders and undermining the idea of the internet as an open, global space.
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Submission Statement: A Russian court’s decision to fine Google $20 decillion for not lifting a ban on pro-Kremlin YouTube channels may seem laughable, but it’s part of a larger, multi-staged attack on internet freedoms. The Kremlin has successfully used foreign courts, including in South Africa, to target Google and has also made progress in censorship technology at home, blocking VPN services and slowing YouTube streaming, ultimately confining users within national borders and undermining the idea of the internet as an open, global space.
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Russia is a mafia state
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