Russian authorities are seeking greater control of information on the internet, with some who favor tighter restrictions looking to China.
Russia’s Safe Internet League, an influential lobby, hosted a first-ever forum Wednesday in Moscow with China’s top internet censors, including Fang Binxing, known as the “Father of the Great Firewall of China.”
Comments from speakers at the event underscored the desire for authorities to further limit and control information online.
Fang lectured on “cyber sovereignty,” arguing that countries’ borders apply to the online world as well and foreign “interference” should not be tolerated.
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Source: Voice of America
