BBC article 4/8
This article is about how some Russian websites were attacked in a way that was, as President Medevdev put is, "outragous and illegal." The websites that were hit were websites that spread news and political ideas. They were LiveJournal and Novaya Gazeta. The websites were down because they were being bombarded with infected messages fron thousands of infected computers from China, the US, and Western Europe. A person from Novayz Gazeta told a radio show that the attacks happened because of a new "online parliament" that the website tried to launch. the idea of it would be a, "Platform to serve as an alternative to the incumbent authorities, where the problems which the authorities either ignore, or just choose to ignore, could be discussed," as Nadezhda Prusenkova said. The plan for the futuer is to continue investigationg the source of the attack, and to make it so it won't happen again.
I think that the attack on the websites are terrible. Both of the websites attackes were politically active. The web is a major area for free speach for the Russian People, so it's kinda like shutting down a newspaper printer, except it affected everyone. the internet is a key spot for freedom of speach. Take for example this blog. This blog is getting my opinion able to be accessed by anyone, even if prabibly no one besides my teacher reads it. I hope the website people prevent this from happening again because it is bad to stop people's opinions.
