DW-User discuss: pros and cons of Internet blocking in the Ukraine

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The blocking of Russian Internet services has triggered in the Ukraine mixed reactions. She has more supporters or opponents? What is DW-Followers write on social networks about the President decree?

In social networks is discussed about the blocking of a number of Russian Internet services in the Ukraine violently. The Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko had ordered in the framework of further sanctions against Russia. On the same day, the DW has started a poll among its followers on both Facebook as well as in the Russian social network Vkontakte, which is affected by the blocking. The survey is not representative, but it shows which opinions and arguments are represented.

“With the beginning of the war, I have deleted photos and data”

Facebook Users are for blocking Russian sites

Overall, two-thirds of the 200 Users were involved in the first three hours of the survey support the ban. Most of them are Facebook users. Many of them argue, as Dmitri Filatov: “the Bad thing is that it happens so late. But better late than never. The Russian Federation has committed an act of Aggression. How can you allow all companies in a hostile country, to be operating in Ukraine? This is crazy. Next, the diplomatic relations have to be cancelled and for Russians to the visa requirement to be introduced.”

Many write that they have changed their attitude towards Russian social networks after the annexation of the Crimea and the beginning of the war in the Donbass. Vitaly academician V. p. Makeyev from Kiev: “As the military conflict in the year 2014 began, I have deleted in the social networks Vkontakte and Odnoklassniki (classmates), and all the personal photos and data.”

“Really good, but there are concerns”

Some DW-Followers to write, the blocking of social networks or of the services of Mail.ru would you worry about that. But the Blockade of the search engine Yandex would you regret. “To be honest, I haven’t looked at VKontakte once per month, many of the friends I have there. Odnoklassniki and Mail.ru I don’t use at all,” writes Dmitry Yashin from Zaporizhia, and adds: “To Yandex, but it is a pity. This is not a bad search engine, and it is but compare it with Google. I actually rather Facebook and Twitter. Therefore, this is no great loss.”

VKontakte is blocked in the Ukraine now

Also, a user with the Nick “Wants UA” supported the blocking. “What’s more: I’m happy! Odnoklassniki I have to leave immediately, as the Whole thing with the Crimea went off. In case of VKontakte I stayed only because my children are there. As it was then called in groups to the point of suicide, I wanted to delete the Profiles of my children. But this is pointless, because you can set up secretly to taste new.” The blocking of VKontakte in Ukraine was a great relief, as the Userin.

Among the participants of the survey User, the support Block, but the implementation of criticize. So Ivan Smeschko to bear in mind that there are people who earn on VKontakte your living. “Some Were sold, others to publish their artistic works. You have invested many years in their groups,” he writes. Ivan lives in the Donbass, where Pro-Russian separatists controlled territory. According to him, the people in the groups in VKontakte, according to local news. “They are mostly censored, but sometimes it seeps a little and you can write something in it,” said Ivan.

“I’m going to bypass the Lock simple”

The critics of the Block most often refer to citizens ‘ rights, including Valentina Funikowa from Kharkiv. “Where is the freedom of expression? Who doesn’t want to, don’t have to hang around in social networks,” she writes indignantly. Andrei Andreyev sees the measure an attack on the freedom of expression. “I have been using VKontakte and Odnoklassniki, as well as not. But I think the Blockade of websites for a violation of my freedom,” he writes, and adds: “This is a shield of information, as once in the Soviet Union”. Andrei accuses President Poroshenko, with such measures, the voters in the Ukraine.

Many of the dissatisfied Internet users writing meanwhile, you would bypass the lockouts in the future. “I’m going to use all the pages as in the past. VPN Connections not abolished in the Internet”, writes Alexei Shevchenko from Kiev.