Internet Sanctions on Russian Media: Actions and Effects

arXiv:2403.05638v1 Announce Type: cross
Abstract: As a response to the Russian aggression against Ukraine, the European Union (EU), through the notion of "digital sovereignty", imposed sanctions on organizations and individuals affiliated with the Russian Federation that prohibit broadcasting content, including online distribution. In this paper, we interrogate the implementation of these sanctions and interpret them as a means to translate the union of states' governmental edicts into effective technical countermeasures. Through longitudinal traffic analysis, we construct an understanding of how …

actions arxiv cs.cr cs.cy cs.ni digital digital sovereignty distribution european union federation implementation internet media notion organizations response russian russian federation sanctions ukraine