The Red Web (book)
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| Author | Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | History |
| Publisher | PublicAffairs |
Publication date | 2015 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardcover) |
| Pages | 384 pp |
| ISBN | 978-1610395731 |
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The Red Web: The Struggle Between Russia's Digital Dictators and the New Online Revolutionaries (2015) is a non-fiction English-language book by Russian journalists Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan which examines the history of surveillance technologies in Russia from the beginnings of the internet to the Internet age.[1]
Content
The book documents what the authors deem the "monumental battle for the future of the Internet." It examines the history of surveillance technologies in Russia, the Soviet Union's authoritarian control over information and its distribution, and the legacy of this mindset as it reverberates in the Russia in the Internet age. The authors also chart the history of the Russian search and surveillance system SORM (Sistema Operativno-Rozysknikh Meropriyatiy, or System of Operative Search Measures). SORM has been giving the FSB a back door to spy on internet communications since 1998. Excerpts from the book were published by The Guardian,[2] Buzzfeed,[3] Business Insider,[4] Foreign Policy,[5] Motherboard,[6] The Daily Beast,[7] and Slate.[8]
Reception
The Red Web was named A Library Journal Best Book of 2015[9] and NPR's Best Book of 2015.[10]
See also
References
- ↑ World Archipelago. "The Red Web".
- ↑ Soldatov, Andrei; Borogan, Irina (8 September 2015). "Inside the Red Web: Russia's back door onto the internet – extract". The Guardian.
- ↑ Soldatov, Andrei; Borogan, Irina (2 September 2015). "How Edward Snowden Inadvertently Helped Vladimir Putin's Internet Crackdown". BuzzFeed.
- ↑ Soldatov, Andrei; Borogan, Irina (5 September 2015). "Here's how Facebook kicked off Ukraine's Euromaidan revolution". Business Insider.
- ↑ Soldatov, Andrei; Borogan, Irina (16 September 2015). "Building the Kremlin's Big Brother". Foreign Policy.
- ↑ Soldatov, Andrei; Borogan, Irina (13 October 2015). "How Putin Tried to Control the Internet – extract". Motherboard.
- ↑ Soldatov, Andrei; Borogan, Irina (8 November 2015). "The Dark Past of Putin's Media Chief". The Daily Beast.
- ↑ Soldatov, Andrei; Borogan, Irina (19 August 2016). "An Act of Courage on the Soviet Internet". Slate.
- ↑ "Best Books 2015: More of the Best". Library Journal Reviews.
- ↑ "NPR's Book Concierge. Our Guide To 2015's Great Reads".