Russia moots ban on discussions about VPNs, reverse proxies, and other anti-censorship techniques

[shaddack]

@LemoUtan

But if they want to illegalise discussions about how to get round your state’s obstacles to discussions about your state’s censorship system, won’t they also have to illegalise discussions about how to get around your state’s obstacles to discussions about how to get round your state’s obstacles to discussions about your state’s censorship system?

It’s wannabe censorship all the way down!

[NickSay]

If we lose Russia as the beacon of libertarian freedom, what have we left?!?

[Clifton]

@LemoUtan

But if they want to illegalise discussions about how to get round your state’s obstacles to discussions about your state’s censorship system, won’t they also have to illegalise discussions about how to get around your state’s obstacles to discussions about how to get round your state’s obstacles to discussions…

Hmm. That might actually be the end goal for this kind of thing.

Citizen! It is against the law and clearly subversive to discuss making changes to the laws! Please report to Computer for mandatory volunteer free-fall impact testing!

[smartr]

I wonder if they’ll send some thugs over to Igor Sysoev’s door demanding he remove all NGINX documentation from his code.