Bibliograph

Type

Label

The red web, the Kremlin's Wars on the internet, Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan

Language

eng

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The red web

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1001933168

Responsibility statement

Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan

Sub title

the Kremlin's Wars on the internet

Summary

After the Moscow protests in 2011-2012, Vladimir Putin became terrified of the internet as a dangerous means for political mobilization and uncensored public debate. Only four years later, the Kremlin used that same platform to disrupt the 2016 presidential election in the United States. How did this transformation happen? The Red Web is a groundbreaking history of the Kremlin's massive online-surveillance state that exposes just how easily the internet can become the means for repression, control, and geopolitical warfare. In this bold, updated edition, Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan offer a perspective from Moscow with new and previously unreported details of the 2016 hacking operation, telling the story of how Russia came to embrace the disruptive potential of the web and interfere with democracy around the world

Table Of Contents

The prison of information -- The first connection -- Merlin's tower -- The black box -- The coming of Putin -- Internet rising -- Revolt of the wired -- Putin strikes back -- "We just come up with the hardware" -- The Snowden affair -- Putin's overseas offensive -- Watch your back -- The big red button -- Moscow's long shadow -- Information runs free -- The red web comes to the United States -- Epilogue

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