Russia has built a cyber Gulag, Usa next

The HTTPS protocol in Russia has long ceased to be a space
of democracy and freedom. Since 2018, the Putin regime has
been purposefully working to destroy freedom of speech on the
basis of this protocol. Every year, the number of arrested website
owners and commentators on social networks is growing. To
combat dissent on the Internet, there are state social media VK,
OK and others. And also a number of instant messengers
providing information about users to the Putin regime. For
example, Viber and Tik-Tok. Just recently, in August 2021, a law
was passed prohibiting Russian citizens from having a domain and
a website abroad. A huge fine was imposed for this. The Putin
regime has created a special structure, Roskomnadzor, to remove
any opposition political content. The scale of the repression is
monstrous. Some people were arrested 2012 social media posts.
Even before the creation of this punitive system. The Russian
regime has consistently fined media giants for refusing to delete
of opposition political content. In the near future, it is planned to
finally close foreign social media for access from Russia. For
example, YouTube is proposed to replace RuTube, and so on.
The Russian authorities, with the help of their hackers, attacked
the servers of the opposition of Navalny's party. They published
not only about the members of his platform (approximately 2
million accounts), but also information about 70 thousand sponsors
of the organization. Immediately after that, many of these people
were raided by the police and searched. Let me remind you that
Alexei Navalny himself was poisoned by Putin's aides and then
sent to prison. A lot of famous bloggers were arrested, as well as
a huge number of anonymous users. Even human rights organizations
cannot provide accurate statistics. The main enemy of the regime is
VPN. In early September alone, Roskomnadzor blocked six VPN
services. Hola! VPN, ExpressVPN, KeepSolid VPN Unlimited,
Nord VPN, Speedify VPN and IPVanish VPN. Against this
background, a face recognition system has been actively introduced
in Russian cities. Colossal funds have been spent on this. As well
as on the traffic interception devices found with every Russian
provider. And to access Wi-Fi from hotels, you need to provide a
passport. But this is just the beginning. The Russian regime
followed the Chinese path of development. According to RBC, at
the request of the Human Rights Council under the President of
the Russian Federation, a survey was conducted on attitudes towards
possible "social ratings", which assess the behavior of a citizen and
his loyalty. The poll showed that 42% of Russian residents associate
the introduction of social loans with the deterioration of life. People
fear that those with a low rating may be rejected from work in state
institutions or lose social security, and people with a high status will
receive benefits and preferences.
As follows from the survey, the authorities associate the possibility
of digital control with the struggle for the safety of personal data. A
relevant question was included in the study along with the attitude
towards “social ratings”. People were asked if they were worried
about the threat of personal information leakage. And - predictably
- 64% answered yes. “We focus on threats because we want to protect
human rights. <…> We are not obscurantists. But polls show that
citizens are worried about information leakage. And we must respond
to this request of citizens, ”said the head of the HRC Valery Fadeev. 
Thus, if the regime in the Kremlin continues for another five years,
the Russians will face a digital dystopian concentration camp. Any a
person without a smartphone or social rating, as well as with opposition
political views, will be prosecuted and subject to arrest. This is the
reality of the new "great" IT world.