Our “Roskomnadzor”: American Censorship Is Merely Privately Funded

—“The West also has its Roskomnadzor (Ros’-ko-mnad’-zor / ????????????), but it’s private.”— Maxim V Filimonov

Roskomnadzor: The Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media or Roskomnadzor is the Russian federal executive body responsible for censorship in media and telecommunications

Founded: May 12, 2008

Number of employees: 3,019 (2017)

Headquarters: Moscow, Russia

Parent agency: Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation

—“If you want to know the correct opinion on anything relating to the internet – censorship, privacy, net neutrality, bluecheck privilege – it’s the opposite of what the NIGARFAGTs want: Netflix, Instagram, Gofundme, Amazon, Reddit, Facebook, Apple, Google, and Twitter.”—Michael Andrade

(Via Steve Pender)