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Posts about roskomnadzor written by Tim Cushing and Techdirt

Russia's Roskomnadzor never used to be a powerful government thug. It used to be almost nothing at all. It was an afterthought -- a regulatory agency created to cover things hardly anyone considered to be important. It was formed in 2008 and asked to oversee radio signals, telecom, and the Russian mail service. But then…

Tossing people into prison is throwing them away. They're no longer real human beings. They're just items being processed, moved through the system at whatever pace the system feels is appropriate. And once you've begun dehumanizing the people in your care, you can easily stop caring about them. A recent report [PDF] by the Government…

Posts about iran written by Tim Cushing and Techdirt

Posts about internet freedom written by Tim Cushing, Techdirt, adam.fisk.and.chris.riley, and Mike Godwin and Zach Graves

Posts about iran general license written by Tim Cushing

India is still a democracy. Or so it pretends. But it's becoming indistinguishable from autocratic regimes, like those found in some of its nearby neighbors, China, Turkey, and Pakistan. Under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India has become indistinguishable from dozens of other abusive regimes run by dictators, all while trying to uphold the pretense of…

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