Topic: Economic effects after Russia blocks Facebook, Twitter, etc.! - page 4. (Read 501 times)

The method used by the Russian government by blocking social media such as FB and Twitter is a classic method used by the communist government, just like what the Chinese government did.

... the best way to get around this block is to use a VPN, there are several free VPN providers that people can use like Cloudflare WARP or ProtonVPN.

Russia is getting increasingly more authoritarian, even though they didn't even introduce martial law to set up these limitations. This will no doubt hit simple people in Russia hardest, but in a situation like this, ask yourself the following question: do you think about people in Nazi Germany who didn't oppose Hitler as innocents? If yes, then I suppose you can call Russians innocent as well. But I believe in common responsibility of people, especially when the atrocities their government commits is very strong. Russia is not a completely closed and isolated from the world, and there are tons of people there. They can protest, they can block military bases, they can strike, etc. Watching what's going on and yet being silent about it or, worse, inviting pity because they're suffering from the sanctions is not fair right now, when there are people who are dying from the war and its consequences. Why are people in Ukraine opposing Russian armed forces, even though some of them do get killed when those forces open fire, and people in Russia are sooo afraid of their own police? If there were enough people to protest, they could easily overcome their police, like Ukrainians did back in 2014.

China blocks facebook, twitter and other social media networks. And only allows their citizen to look at state controlled media. But as far as I know people can still use facebook and other social media platforms using VPN. So the Russian citizens I am sure are doing the same. Using a VPN to access facebook and the media. So they still can communicate with their "loved ones". As for sending money/remittance, they can use bitcoin. Would take only few seconds.

It is appalling that the media in being shut down in the invasion period, I understand that it may be because of false news and information that could be going on now and dangerous for both parties but it should be managed and not to lock people out from media or communication outrightly. The use of VPN is still limited. The media is important and it is unfortunate this invasion is going this way.

really very concerned for the Russian people,
I'm not defending Putin here, we take the positive side of blocking social media in the wake of war, because as we know social media is a place to share from the smallest to the big things, maybe the main purpose of blocking is so that it doesn't become public consumption and becomes news without confirmation. , so that it will make the war bigger, ( in the sense of hoax news) , but as you said the negative side of blocking the economy is not being directed because of lack of communication

I cannot help but think about what you said with the people just working there but from different countries. They need to contact their families for updates about this war and political issues but now they can't. They will be forced to subscribe for a VPN which will add to their monthly spending while they are there to save money for their relatives and remit more.
But, this is one country's issue and all they can do is wait. I hate war more than anything and I think Putin is trying to make a point especially with USA but this really has to stop.

Here we know the role of social media is controlled by whom and for what purpose? there was no other way than incident after incident, sanctions were too late and became a monthly month for Russia. until recently the authorities also sent a letter via email to ICANN asking for the Internet to be turned off in Russia. However, 3 days later ICANN refused the request. we see there is fear about the true message being closed. We certainly want independent media and also present information not for political purposes. rather it provides information to anyone that the situation can be known by all elements of citizens in the world, whether the news from Russia or news from Ukraine. If social media is for that, then there are parties who benefit and those who are disadvantaged. let us consume news and filter according to the realm we control.

Well, taking a closer step in looking into the Russian invassion on Ukraine and the implications that we are currently seeing part of, Putin had an intention before the engagement of this war which is best known to him and also design an alternative as an escape route should in case things doesn't work as expected, that's why you see him being muted when asked if he has intention of invading Ukraine.

Secondly from my own perspective, i see Russia maybe trying to emulate what China did by blocking all international service providers and their satellites in China thereby building its own from within, using their own Chinese google and internet and all other social and economical services both online and in physical as within China such as vehicles, phones, home appliances etc. All were China home made and their official language is Chinese. Possibly this may be one of Putin reasons to stir up war, got disconnected from the SWIFT service providers and later come up with it own system from within and this will help them maintain more privacy and i think that's why they wanted to first conquer Ukraine which may be use as an entry point by EU, US or any other foreign country.

Now this is getting worse, especially for the ordinary and innocent Russian citizens who are already suffering economic problems! They don’t deserve this to be honest, just like what China did to their citizens!

Source: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/russia-blocks-facebook-twitter/

A huge blow for the citizens, foreigners and overseas workers who worked there using FB and Twitter as their main source of communication to the rest of the world. As the economy continues to collapse in Russia due to the ongoing conflict between Putin’s government and Ukraine. Not sure if they are also banning Messenger, Whatsapp and Instagram since it’s part of Meta.

I have amazing crypto friends from Russia, and I even met some of them in person before the pandemic began. Now it means that they are going to use VPN in order to access Facebook and Twitter. I just feel bad and sorry for them. I don’t know what is going on with the Russian media regulator’s head right now. Maybe he was ordered by Putin or so.

There are also Filipinos who are working there as OFWs in Russia. Not only that they are struggling to send remittances to their families because of the stiff sanctions made by the West (especially taking off SWIFT), they are going to find it difficult to communicate to their loved ones and friends.

This decision alone in blocking social media sites would make the economy go even worse in my opinion!

I don’t know what would be your opinion about this guys. It pains me to be honest, as I’ve already felt what they’re feeling right now in getting isolated from the world.