Russia has [ prohibited anonymous comments on web sites ]( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/31/russia-controls-blogosphere-new-law ) . It has also imposed many other limits on Internet use, including [ arbitrary blocking ]( http://m.bbc.com/news/technology-28583669 ) of inconvenient web sites. Of course, Russia is ruled by a tyrant, and this is what tyrants do. (I pity the poor fools in the Crimea that wanted to be under Putin's power — if indeed they were more than a bunch of armed gangs he had set up.) What is more dangerous is that governments of "free" countries such as the [ US ]( https://stallman.org/archives/2013-may-aug.html#03_July_2013_(US_gov%27t_blocked_access_to_entire_Guardian_web_site) ) , [ France ]( https://stallman.org/archives/2011-jul-oct.html#21_October_2011_(French_Court:_ISPs) ) , [ Italy ]( https://stallman.org/archives/2013-sep-dec.html#31_October_2013_(Italys_proposal_to_shut_down_web_sites) ) , and [ Finland ]( https://stallman.org/archives/2012-may-aug.html#03_August_2012_(Band_in_Finland_supports_sharing) ) also block web sites, and have laws such as the DMCA that lend themselves to [ political censorship ]( https://stallman.org/archives/2012-mar-jun.html#9_May_2012_(Political_Censorship) ) . A [ UK committee wants to ban anonymity ]( https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140729/10593428044/uk-government-report-recommends-ending-online-anonymity.shtml ) on the internet.
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