Experts: How to impose Internet sanctions on Russia


Activists say it’s time the Internet community developed a way to confront humanitarian crises. — Reuters

BOSTON: Ukraine’s attempt to get Russia kicked off the Internet failed, but a diverse group of experts proposes a more narrow approach to sanctioning the Kremlin for invading its neighbour: Consider creating a mechanism that could technically blacklist individual Russian military and propaganda websites.

In an open letter released Thursday, the activists say it’s time the Internet community developed a way to confront humanitarian crises. The idea they float would mean gathering and publishing a list of sanctioned IP addresses and domain names in the form of data feeds that telecommunications providers and other network operators could subscribe to with the goal of rendering the targets unreachable.

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