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A12 TECHNOLOGY
Tuesday 15 March 2022

War censorship exposes Putin’s leaky

internet controls

sociated services sympa-
thetic to Ukraine’s plight in
a tough spot. On one side,
they face public pressure
to punish the Russian state
and economic reasons
to limit services at a time
when bills might well go un-
paid. On the other, they’re
wary of helping stifle a free
flow of information that
can counter Kremlin disin-
formation — for instance,
the state’s claim that Rus-
sia’s military is heroically
Pages from the U.S. State Department’s Global Engagement “liberating” Ukraine from
Center report released on Aug. 5, 2020, are seen in this photo. fascists.
Associated Press Amazon Web Services, a
major provider of cloud
By FRANK BAJAK and BAR- sian internet. computing services, con-
BARA ORTUTAY AP Putin has also blocked tinues to operate in Rus-
Technology Writers access to both Western sia, although it says it’s not
BOSTON (AP) — Long media and independent taking on any new cus-
before waging war on news sites in the country, tomers. Both Cloudflare,
Ukraine, President Vladimir and a new law criminal- which helps shield websites
Putin was working to make izes spreading information from denial-of-service at-
Russia’s internet a powerful that contradicts the gov- tacks and malware, and
tool of surveillance and so- ernment’s line. On Friday, Akamai, which boosts site
cial control akin to China’s the Kremlin said it would performance by putting in-
so-called Great Firewall. also restrict access to Ins- ternet content closer to its
So when Western tech tagram. By early Monday, audience, also continue to
companies began cutting the network monitor Net- serve their Russian custom-
ties with Russia following its Blocks reported the social ers, with exceptions includ-
invasion, Russian investiga- network throttled across ing cutting off state-owned
tive journalist Andrei Sol- multiple Russian internet companies and firms under
datov was alarmed. He’d providers. sanctions.q
spent years exposing Rus- Yet the Kremlin’s latest
sian censorship and feared censorship efforts have re-
that well-intentioned ef- vealed serious shortcom-
forts to aid Ukraine would ings in the government’s
instead help Putin isolate bigger plans to straight-
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