The Russian successor to the KGB is considering a system for broad-scale Internet censorship (a la China) in order to forestall the Internet's use in political organizing, as in the Ukraine and elsewhere.
"If such attempts will be successful," he says, "if the Security Service will really carry out actions to control the internet, to block unfavourable internet sources, this will set Russia back many years in the sense of civil society."
Russia's already been widely criticised for winding back on democracy. The Kremlin controls most broadcast media, the Judiciary and the Parliament. Controlling the internet would be another sign that those in power won't brook any challenges.
(Thanks, Paul!)
