The occupying power of Crimea tightens control over the population by cutting off the Internet – opposition

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According to the Center of National Resistance, the disconnection or deliberate slowing down of the mobile Internet by the Russian occupation authorities of Crimea “is not about security, but about strengthening control over the population.”

Source: CNS

Literally CNS: “Under the guise of combating enemy propaganda, a regime is being formed under which access to communication becomes a variable and can be limited at any moment – without clear deadlines, criteria or public explanations.

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This creates a state of constant uncertainty and demonstrates the authorities’ willingness to unilaterally restrict basic communication channels.”

Details: According to CNS insiders, the power structures of the occupied Crimea insist on expanding the practice of shutdowns in “inconvenient periods” — during shelling, high-profile events or growing social discontent.

According to them, the mobile Internet is considered a risk factor precisely because of the possibility of quick self-organization of the population, recording of abuses and dissemination of unofficial information.

Literally CNS: “In real terms, such restrictions lead to the degradation of social and economic infrastructure: access to emergency services, medicine, financial services and independent news sources becomes more difficult. In the conditions of TOT, shutting down the Internet turns from a technical measure into a tool of repressive and preventive policy.”

What preceded: The Internet in Crimea will be restricted until the end of the so-called “special military operation”, said Serhii Aksyonov, the so-called head of the occupied peninsula appointed by Russia.

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