“Intel connect ontwikkelaarsforum to Russian law”

Intel has its developer platform in Russia, closed to the Russian law. According to the company, the changes do not affect the English ontwikkelaarsforum. Victims are to other sites are redirected, so they can stay active.

The company itself with information about the closure of the developer platform come out. The new legislation gives the Russian government the possibility of fines to be given to companies that the mediawetten violated. So would have more control on online content must be enforced, writes ZDnet.

Forum posts, blogs, and Russian responses be blocked. The changes are according to Intel not apply to the English-language developer platform. Users would still be articles, blogs, and comments. Other visitors are through a third party redirected. The Habrhabr, a Russian community site with respect to tech.

An anonymous source let Techcrunch know that the ontwikkelaarsblogs of Intel, the most popular in their kind. In december GitHub already blocked in Russia. GitHub has then certain prohibited content censored for the survival of the platform in Russia to ensure.