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A comment on ICANN's rejection of Ukraine's request to sever Russia from the internet [pdf]. Parent comment

Re:ICANN's rejection of Ukraine's request to sever Russia fr... by pera on Thursday March 03, 2022 @12:15PM (#30543722)
> the populace exerts sufficient pressure against leadership. That means protests, that means civil disobedience.

If this is what you want then cutting Russians out of the Internet is a terrible idea: consider that most are just now learning that they are actually at war and not in a freedom military operation (as the state media is making them believe).

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Re:ICANN's rejection of Ukraine's request to sever Russia fr... by arcticbull on Thursday March 03, 2022 @12:16PM (#30543735)
> If this is what you want then cutting Russians out of the Internet is a terrible idea.

I agree. I don't think they should be cut off from the Internet. But I do wholeheartedly support economic sanctions.

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