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04-24-2014, 06:41 PM
Putin: The Internet Is a CIA Project
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The Internet? It's a "CIA project," according to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Putin made that bizarre remark on Thursday at a media forum in St. Petersburg, Russia, according to the Associated Press (http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_RUSSIA_PUTIN_INTERNET?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT)' translation. He said added that the CIA and that "is still developing as such," which is why Russia needs to "fight for its interests online."
See also: 'We Call Him Putler': For Ukrainians, the Enemy Is Obvious (http://mashable.com/2014/04/22/ukraine-putin-hitler/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
To a certain extent, Putin's words shouldn't come as a surprise. Russia has long had ambitions to control the Internet. In recent years, the country has passed a ****** of laws building one of the most sophisticated online surveillance states (http://mashable.com/2014/01/28/russia-internet-olympics/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) in the world, which spans to social media as well Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/04/24/putin-internet-cia-project/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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The Internet? It's a "CIA project," according to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Putin made that bizarre remark on Thursday at a media forum in St. Petersburg, Russia, according to the Associated Press (http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_RUSSIA_PUTIN_INTERNET?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT)' translation. He said added that the CIA and that "is still developing as such," which is why Russia needs to "fight for its interests online."
See also: 'We Call Him Putler': For Ukrainians, the Enemy Is Obvious (http://mashable.com/2014/04/22/ukraine-putin-hitler/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
To a certain extent, Putin's words shouldn't come as a surprise. Russia has long had ambitions to control the Internet. In recent years, the country has passed a ****** of laws building one of the most sophisticated online surveillance states (http://mashable.com/2014/01/28/russia-internet-olympics/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) in the world, which spans to social media as well Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/04/24/putin-internet-cia-project/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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