Parler – the social media network that pretends to be a bastion of freedom of speech because it enables users to inject hate speech and plan the overthrow of the United States but bans left-wing users – has partnered with DDoS-Guard, ‘ a company in Putin’s dictatorial theocratic oligarchy.
From The New York Times:
If Parler directs its web traffic through DDoS-Guard when the full site returns, experts say, Russian law could enable the Russian government to monitor Parler’s users.
Alina Polyakova, head of the Center for European Policy Analysis, a think tank in foreign policy in Washington, said Russia requires many Internet companies in the country to install technology that gives the government a copy of much of the data provided by them. computer servers go, install.
The surveillance system, known as the system of operational investigation activities, basically allows the Russian government to intercept any data on Russian territory and provide the data to the FSB, a Russian domestic intelligence agency, Ms. Polyakova, who studied Russian control, said. over the internet. She added that it was unclear whether DDoS-Guard would be under such supervision.