Quote Originally Posted by Pavelov View Post
I say there is censorship. If you express something that causes friction for special interest groups or top levels of Government, you will find censorship.

The U.S. has initiated legislation for 'shutting down' internet access "in the event of an emergency."

Many more examples but it exists. There are many people in high places who have a vested interest in having internet under much more control. Think about it. Hint: Money and power....
Yes, I have the same view and I don't think it's anything special for Russia. When we read about this in media in Western Europe; if our governments do something, then it is "to protect copyright holders"/"protect society from terrorism" etc, etc.. But when something similarly dubious happens in Russia it would covered in media like "Putin censors bloggers!" or "State crackdown on internet sites in Russia" or something like that...


I just thought of something that probably WOULD be censored... Discussions about military information on forums. Don't you think?

Of course, there is no Cold War and no serious risk of invasions or attacks. But I doubt that it would be acceptable if people started discussing sensitive information in a forum regardless: For example - where the government would be evacuated to, in case of war (I came a across a discussion about this, somewhere else, concerning another country). Or for example detailed information about weapons system, military transport routes etc.

Some people who are very "geeky" think it's interesting to discuss such things and people may be tempted to start talking about sensitive information that they learnt in their military service, or things that they have observed near where they live, or through their work.

So say, for example that there was a big discussion about: Where is the secret location where the Russian leadership would be evacuated to, in case of an attack on Moscow.... People were speculating and were beginning to come to a solid conclusion.

Do you think it's right that the forum/thread should be deleted/censored and that the security service should go after people who revealed secret information on the internet?