Title : Russians Are Finding Ways To Breach The Digital Iron Curtain
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Russians Are Finding Ways To Breach The Digital Iron Curtain
© Chelsea Charles for The Washington Post
Washington Post: Some Russians are breaking through Putin’s digital iron curtain — leading to fights with friends and family
Days after Russian tanks rolled into Ukraine, Maria, a 37-year-old mother in western Russia, downloaded a virtual private network, an effort to circumvent the blockade she saw descending across the country’s Internet.
The instinct proved correct. As the Kremlin began reversing years of relative Internet freedom and restricting American social networks and Western news sites, the VPN proved a lifeline, allowing her to chat with a friend in the United States and read updates on Facebook and Instagram, refreshing news about the war every 10 to 20 minutes. Maria thinks the conflict is a “tragedy” and says reading about it leaves her with “anger, sadness and empathy.”
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WNU Editor: Thank God for VPN. I told all of my Russian friends and family members to download VPN a few years back, and all of them did. Needless to say they are all happy that they can still surf Western news and social media sites, especially the younger members of the family.
As to having fights with friends and family over politics.
I am never vocal in Russia among my family and friends in my opposition to Putin. I do not have to. They all know what I think and feel.
And among those who do not know me. I always start by criticizing Putin on a point that everyone agrees on (corruption being my favorite), and from there work into other areas using reason and logic in explaining why I oppose him. I recognize that I have been lucky. I have never had any negative blow-back from these "arguments".
But I do know times are changing. I am no longer alone in opposing Putin. This war has made the youth of Russia angry at their government and at Putin personally. I know because their parents are telling me on what is happening, and the above Washington Post confirms it.
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