A market of black boxes: The political economy of Internet surveillance and censorship in Russia
| Autor: | Francesca Musiani, Benjamin Loveluck, Ksenia Ermoshina |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Centre Internet et Société (CIS), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Sociologie Information-Communication Design (SID), Institut interdisciplinaire de l’innovation (I3, une unité mixte de recherche CNRS (UMR 9217)), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-École polytechnique (X)-Télécom ParisTech-MINES ParisTech - École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-École polytechnique (X)-Télécom ParisTech-MINES ParisTech - École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL), Département Sciences Economiques et Sociales (SES), Télécom ParisTech, Institut Polytechnique de Paris (IP Paris), Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches de Sciences Administratives et Politiques (CERSA), Université Panthéon-Assas (UP2)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), ANR-17-CE26-0020,RESISTIC,Les résistants du net. Critique et évasion face à la coercition numérique en Russie(2017), European Project: 688722,H2020 Pilier Industrial Leadership,H2020-ICT-2015,NEXTLEAP(2016), École polytechnique (X)-Télécom ParisTech-MINES ParisTech - École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut interdisciplinaire de l’innovation de Telecom Paris (I3 SES), Télécom ParisTech-Institut interdisciplinaire de l’innovation (I3), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Télécom ParisTech-Institut interdisciplinaire de l’innovation (I3), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre d'études et de recherches de science administrative (CERSA), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut Cujas, Université Panthéon-Assas (UP2)-Université Panthéon-Assas (UP2) |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
Public Administration
Sociology and Political Science General Computer Science media_common.quotation_subject 050801 communication & media studies Internet governance [SHS]Humanities and Social Sciences Internet service provider 0508 media and communications Internet service providers 050602 political science & public administration SORM media_common middleboxes [SHS.SOCIO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Sociology business.industry 05 social sciences Censorship Roskomnadzor Advertising [SHS.SCIPO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Political science 0506 political science surveillance Internet market Russian Internet The Internet censorship business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Information Technology and Politics Journal of Information Technology and Politics, Taylor & Francis (Routledge), 2021, ⟨10.1080/19331681.2021.1905972⟩ Journal of Information Technology and Politics, Taylor & Francis (Routledge), 2022, 19 (1), p. 18-33. ⟨10.1080/19331681.2021.1905972⟩ Journal of Information Technology and Politics, 2022, 19 (1), p. 18-33. ⟨10.1080/19331681.2021.1905972⟩ |
| ISSN: | 1933-1681 1933-169X |
| DOI: | 10.1080/19331681.2021.1905972⟩ |
| Popis: | International audience; In recent years, the Russian Internet has developed according to strong centralizing and State-controlling tendencies, both in terms of legal instruments and technical infrastructure. This strategy implies a strong push to develop Russian-made technical solutions for censorship and traffic interception. Thus, a promising market has opened for Russian vendors of software and hardware solutions for traffic surveillance and filtering. Drawing from a mixed-methods approach and perspectives grounded primarily in Science and Technology Studies (STS), infrastructure studies and the political economy of information networks, this paper aims at exploring the flourishing sector of Russian industry of censorship and surveillance. We focus on two kinds of "black boxes" and examine their influence on the market of Internet Service Providers: surveillance systems known as SORM (System for Operative Investigative Activities), and traffic filtering solutions used to block access to websites that have been blacklisted by Roskomnadzor, the Russian federal watchdog for media and telecommunications. This research sheds light on the vivid debates around controversial technologies which Internet actors must adopt in order to avoid government fines, but which are expensive and complex to implement and raise a number of ethical and political concerns. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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