Internet Sanctions on Russian Media: Actions and Effects

Autor:	Kristoff, John, Müller, Moritz, Filastò, Arturo, Resing, Max, Kanich, Chris, Oever, Niels ten
Rok vydání:	2024
Předmět:	Computer Science - Networking and Internet Architecture Computer Science - Cryptography and Security Computer Science - Computers and Society
Druh dokumentu:	Working Paper
Popis:	As a response to the Russian aggression against Ukraine, the European Union (EU), through the notion of "digital sovereignty", imposed sanctions on organizations and individuals affiliated with the Russian Federation that prohibit broadcasting content, including online distribution. In this paper, we interrogate the implementation of these sanctions and interpret them as a means to translate the union of states' governmental edicts into effective technical countermeasures. Through longitudinal traffic analysis, we construct an understanding of how ISPs in different EU countries attempted to enforce these sanctions, and compare these implementations to similar measures in other western countries. We find a wide variation of blocking coverage, both internationally and within individual member states. We draw the conclusion that digital sovereignty through sanctions in the EU has a concrete but distinctly limited impact on information flows. Comment: Accepted to Free and Open Communications on the Internet (FOCI) 2024
Databáze:	arXiv
Externí odkaz:	http://arxiv.org/abs/2403.05638 Zobrazit plný text záznamu View this record from Arxiv