Eh, more likely a support person saw a government request and assumed it was something, something, court ordered take down and complied and forwarded it to the lawyer. Lawyer and CEO saw the press coverage and expedited the return.
>"In alignment with our commitment to an open and accessible internet, Mozilla will reinstate previously restricted listings in Russia," the group declared. "Our initial decision to temporarily restrict these listings was made while we considered the regulatory environment in Russia and the potential risk to our community and staff.
Translation: "We hoped it would go quietly and not ruffle anybody's feathers, but it got a real lot of bad press, and we aren't ready to sacrifice so much for Putin's pleasure, so we are rolling it back".
If they have any contributors within the territory I think there is reason to be concerned for their long term safety. The original capitulation may have to been to have time to check.
I hate to break it to you, but yeah. There are, sadly, many countries in the world that rely on petty and punitive action on harmless things online in order to frighten would-be "troublemakers".
It's not just Russia, either. The UK does this almost three times as often.
Putin personally won't. Local police bureaucrat angling for a promotion and needing +1 in his "serious crimes solved" very well might. There are a lot of people in Russia being prosecuted for social media posts and expressing dissent, somebody helping with circumventing censorship is an even more juicy target.
"In alignment with our commitment to an open and accessible internet, Mozilla will reinstate previously restricted listings in Russia."
"Our initial decision to temporarily restrict these listings was made while we considered the regulatory environment in Russia and the potential risk to our community and staff."
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[ 0.23 ms ] story [ 57.9 ms ] threadMozilla was likely hoping that nobody from the West would notice that they complied and removed the addons.
Just goes to show you how all those "values" they stand for only matter when it doesn't make them lose any users.
If a western company for example bans sci-hub access because of US/EU demands then HN will be mostly, this is complying with local laws.
Or holding up an imaginary piece of paper (I'm serious, look it up)
It's absolutely comical https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kW3W_lYO4DY
It's not just Russia, either. The UK does this almost three times as often.
Putin routinely throws people in Gulags for much less than that.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/brittney-griner-putin-pa...
"Our initial decision to temporarily restrict these listings was made while we considered the regulatory environment in Russia and the potential risk to our community and staff."