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(Con)trolling the Web: Social Media User Arrests, State-Supported Vigilantism and Citizen Counter-Forces in Russia
Global Crime Pub Date : 2020-02-19 , DOI: 10.1080/17440572.2020.1719836
Rashid Gabdulhakov 1
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ABSTRACT This article applies Haggerty and Ericson’s surveillant assemblage concept to the recent wave of social media user arrests in Russia. In doing so, it addresses the legislative frameworks applied to online self-expression, depicts the nuances of legal charges pressed against select social media users, assesses the role of formal law enforcement and vigilant citizens recruited to extend the state’s watchful gaze, and elaborates on citizen counter-forces resisting the tightening state control over the digital domain. The article argues that Russia’s internet users appear to be trolled by the ruling elite through the use of obscure legal frameworks and the stampede of actors and practices where select individuals face legal charges for their activities on social media, while other users face no consequences for the same engagements. Such unpredictability stimulates self-censorship, making the system effective by virtue of its dysfunctionality. Methodologically, the study relies on desk research and field interviews.

中文翻译:

(控制)网络:社交媒体用户被捕,俄罗斯政府支持的警惕性和公民反抗力量

摘要本文将哈格蒂(Haggerty)和埃里克森(Ericson)的监视组合概念应用于俄罗斯最近一波的社交媒体用户逮捕浪潮。在此过程中,它解决了适用于在线自我表达的立法框架,描述了针对特定社交媒体用户的法律指控的细微差别,评估了正式执法的作用以及为扩大国家警惕性而招募的警惕性公民,并详细阐述了公民反抗力量抵制对数字域的严格控制。该文章认为,统治互联网的用户似乎通过使用晦涩的法律框架以及行为者和实践的踩踏而受到统治精英的追捧,在这些行为者和实践中,精选个人因其在社交媒体上的活动而面临法律指控,而其他用户则不为此承担任何后果。同样的约定。这种不可预测性激发了自我审查,由于其功能失调而使系统有效。从方法上讲,该研究依赖案头研究和现场访谈。
更新日期:2020-02-19
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