On Nov. 1, 2019, Russia’s so-called sovereign Internet law came into force “to ensure the integrity, continuity, stability, resilience, and security of the functioning of the Internet’s Russian national segment.” Its practical purpose is to prepare the country to be potentially cut off from the rest of the World Wide Web.
The new legislation, however, is convoluted and potentially unenforceable, critics have argued. ‘The Naked Pravda,’ a podcast series offered by independent-minded online publication ‘Meduza,’ has turned to three experts to find out more about Russia’s push for Internet isolation and its feasibility.
These experts include:
- Tanya Lokot, an assistant professor in the School of Communications at Dublin City University, who looks at the strategic thinking in Moscow;
- Alena Epifanova, a program officer at the German Council on Foreign Relations and author of “Deciphering Russia’s ‘Sovereign Internet Law‘,” who explains deep packet inspection;
- Marielle Wijermars, an assistant professor in cyber-security and politics at Maastricht University in the Netherlands and a visiting researcher at the University of Helsinki, who asks why Russian regulators don’t enforce all the Internet regulations on the books.
Topics:
Analysis, International, Legal, Legislation & regulation
