Cheburnet by passport? Sovereign Internet Project
Description
"Russia is planning to implement a real Cheburnet, just like in North Korea — at least, this is what MP Andrey Svintsov says. Access to the network is by passport, only sites and services from the permitted list are available, no sedition and complete transparency for all intelligence agencies. If the Internet in Russia is really replaced by such a closed network, this threatens a real catastrophe.
But there is a nuance: Svintsov's colleagues and the head of the Ministry of Digital Development have already stated that nothing like this is planned. Roskomnadzor's leaks say the same thing: they want to subject the Runet to automated censorship, and not replace it with some new network. So who should we believe? Could it turn out that Svintsov's plan will actually be implemented, or is all this just a PR campaign?"
But there is a nuance: Svintsov's colleagues and the head of the Ministry of Digital Development have already stated that nothing like this is planned. Roskomnadzor's leaks say the same thing: they want to subject the Runet to automated censorship, and not replace it with some new network. So who should we believe? Could it turn out that Svintsov's plan will actually be implemented, or is all this just a PR campaign?"