December, the 3rd

[eugenebo]

This seems to be true. If a new legislation takes place (baked up by several countries, among them Russia and Iran), the global Internet may quickly fall apart into a fragmented, completely controlled by local governments "territories". E.g., one proposal is "to force content providers — such as Google Inc., Facebook Inc. and others — to kick in an extra fee to reach users across borders"!

You can help stop that by signing a petition here and sharing the news: https://www.google.com/intl/en/takeaction/whats-at-stake/

I did my part. Do yours. Prevent passport checkpoints and customs inspection creep into the Internet.

По-русски: http://www.google.com/intl/ru/takeaction/whats-at-stake/