Russia’s Internet War and its Collateral Damage

Last weekend, I attempted to buy new sneakers online for my five-year-old, but Amazon’s website was down. My husband wanted to look up traffic updates on Google, but Google search was down. I tried to check in online for my Monday morning flight, but the airline’s website was down. Expand Tanya Lokshina’s own paper plane for Internet freedom. Moscow, April 22, 2018. Welcome to Moscow, the capital of the Russian Federation, where authorities are blocking millions of IP addresses. It’s part of their war on Telegram, an Internet-based messenger, for the company’s refusal to provide its encryption…

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