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Nevermore · 3842 days ago · link · · parent · post: Russia passes "Bloggers Law"; bloggers must register and maintain records for government scrutiny.
They're also currently developing technology to scan blogs and other websites for obscene language and pictures, with varying degrees of punishment for a blogger who's found to have used curse words. Of course, prolific bloggers can't go through every post they've ever written and remove the language, but even posts from years ago are liable to get their authors punished. It's pretty obvious the government doesn't care about obscene language or security or anything, they're only interested in silencing bloggers in a manner that seems palatable to the conservative Russian population.