Foreign media: The scale and technical complexity of Russia's internet censorship have reached unprecedented levels, including nationwide internet shutdowns, selective service slowdowns, and targeted protocol interference.
In 2025, the economic losses caused by internet censorship in Russia amounted to as high as $11.9 billion, more than half of the global total loss from internet censorship, ranking first in the world, while Venezuela came second with $1.91 billion in losses.
Russia adopted a "16KB curtain" strategy, restricting access to Cloudflare-hosted and other Western websites, allowing only about 16KB of data to be loaded, making most modern web services inoperable.
In addition, Russia has partially banned Western technologies such as Google and WhatsApp, and threatened to cut off internet connections with the West, turning towards a completely sovereign "RuNet." At the same time, Iran also experienced digital censorship, with its nationwide internet shutdown aimed at suppressing protests, causing economic losses of approximately $1.56 million per hour.
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Original: toutiao.com/article/1853946483009548/
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