Cold War 2.0: Russia is borrowing the Great Firewall of China to implement greater state censorship and control

The Great Firewall of China is a famous tool of censorship and state control of the internet -- and Russia wants to throw up its own version of the web filtering system. Russia already operates the so-called 'red web' which is used to not only monitor what Russian citizens are up to online, but also implementing blocks and filters such as the recent ban on LinkedIn. But now President Putin wants to steps things up a notch. Russia and China have become close allies in recent years, particularly in the field of state control of the internet, and there are… [Continue Reading]