Seriously Risky Business Newsletter
September 23, 2021
Srsly Risky Biz: Thursday, September 23
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Your weekly dose of Seriously Risky Business news is written by Tom Uren, edited by Patrick Gray and supported by the Cyber Initiative at the Hewlett Foundation, AustCyber and founding corporate sponsors CyberCX and Proofpoint.
The censorship battle between tech companies and illiberal governments is kicking off in earnest, and so far the tech firms are being completely pantsed.
The cold, hard fact is state power trumps technology companies' content policies. This week we saw this truth in action when Russian authorities forced tech platforms to take down apps and content promoting jailed Russian opposition leader Aleksei Navalny's election-related efforts.