NGOs call on Russia to drop ‘Sovereign’ internet bill 0 SHARES Share it! Share TweetBy Agence France-PresseTen international rights organizations on Wednesday called on Russia to drop a bill that would enable authorities to isolate the country’s internet, saying it would further restrict freedoms. This month both houses of the Russian parliament approved the so-called “Sovereign Internet” bill, which would cut the country’s internet traffic from foreign servers. “The bill created a system that gives the authorities the capacity to block access to parts of the Internet in Russia,” said a statement backed by Human Rights Watch, Reporters Without Borders and others. The proposed measures would create technology to monitor internet routing and steer Russian internet traffic away from foreign servers, ostensibly to prevent a foreign country from shutting it down.

Source: Manila Bulletin April 24, 2019 15:33 UTC