hissnspit t1_j9sgdzs wrote on February 24, 2023 at 5:50 AM

I don't understand why Russia has not been geofenced already. There's almost no reason for any person or organization in western world to have traffic flowing to/from Russia. Just cut them off completely from the internet. Along with their buddies - N. Korea, Iran and Syria.

Puzzled-Collection-5 t1_j9sjn78 wrote on February 24, 2023 at 6:26 AM

Same reasons why murderers get fair lawyers sponsored by the Government in trials, internet usage is Human Right and this won't help but reinforce the idea of the existental threat that Russia is making up for average Russians.

hissnspit t1_j9stcrl wrote on February 24, 2023 at 8:27 AM

Fine, but allow it at individual level. I want my home router to filter out all Russian traffic completely. I don't give a fuck about internet fair laws and such - I just want Russia blocked out of my home.

Tomas0Bob t1_j9swuaf wrote on February 24, 2023 at 9:14 AM

You can do that for yourself but it's really easy to get around. All they'd need to do is just route through another country like Georgia or India, and whoops now it's no longer coming from Russia

zipzoupzwoop t1_j9sxg0j wrote on February 24, 2023 at 9:23 AM

So they should be geofenced then. "The internet is a human right" doesn't really apply when the country already blocks the parts of the internet they don't want their people to see. I believe not getting hacked by governmental stooges to be a human right.

Tomas0Bob t1_j9tinrc wrote on February 24, 2023 at 1:28 PM

Geofencing would be very difficult and likely affect only the less tech-savvy public. You'd never be able to convince every neighboring country like China, Kazakhstan, Georgia to hard cut off Russian network connections and as long as they have another country to route through they can get around it. Probably not your everyday layman but everyone else with a little bit of knowhow let alone any government agency.

Dicond t1_j9t2ki9 wrote on February 24, 2023 at 10:36 AM

Poor analogy. People get a defense attorney and fair trials in the US (as an example) and other free and fair countries because it is the right of a citizen. These are not citizens and are thus not subject to that rule.

Also, "internet usage is a human right" isn't written into law pretty much anywhere. Hell, there are very rural places in the US today that don't have reliable internet. Disallowing access to prominent, US based cites is perfectly within the bounds of a country, especially against a warmongering nation like Russia who refuses to exist under the confines of International convention and law.

Puzzled-Collection-5 t1_ja2tm6i wrote on February 26, 2023 at 12:41 PM

> Poor analogy Proceeds to get on my analogy (because your first sentence is confusing, please define it better) level ignoring he asked me to explain on a level he can understand Also Russia is blocking it themselves so lol