[LJ, DW, Admin] Why Now
I am hearing credible reports that:
• The LJ servers are now in Russia.
• There has been a massive uptick in migrations from Cyrillic users into Dreamwidth.
I am hearing unverified reports that:
• There is some sort of political purge of accounts happening in the Cyrillic side of LJ.
See previous post for sources, evidence.
I am aware that:
• LJ has been in financial trouble for a while.
I am concerned that:
• The LJ servers may now be under the legal jurisdiction of Russia, not the US.
• The Russian government may now have unfettered access to all LJ content, especially including friends-locked content.
• That LJ users in Russia are at risk of persecution and prosecution for content (e.g. LGBT content, pro-Ukraine content) posted under lock in the previous 10+ years.
• That LJ users around the world may find their accounts deleted and their access terminated because of their political sentiments.
• That non-state actors - i.e. criminals - in Russia may wind up with access to locked LJ content, in any a number of scenarios, ranging from "SUP sells our data to stay afloat" to "disgruntled employee decides to moonlight" to "government agent shares data got by the state with the Russian mafia for kicks/favors" to "hackers".
• That the Kremlin will drive enough Russosphere users off LJ, that it will no longer be financially viable for SUP, and collapse economically, causing the lights to go out on LJ abruptly.
You now know what I know about the situation.
• The LJ servers are now in Russia.
• There has been a massive uptick in migrations from Cyrillic users into Dreamwidth.
I am hearing unverified reports that:
• There is some sort of political purge of accounts happening in the Cyrillic side of LJ.
See previous post for sources, evidence.
I am aware that:
• LJ has been in financial trouble for a while.
I am concerned that:
• The LJ servers may now be under the legal jurisdiction of Russia, not the US.
• The Russian government may now have unfettered access to all LJ content, especially including friends-locked content.
• That LJ users in Russia are at risk of persecution and prosecution for content (e.g. LGBT content, pro-Ukraine content) posted under lock in the previous 10+ years.
• That LJ users around the world may find their accounts deleted and their access terminated because of their political sentiments.
• That non-state actors - i.e. criminals - in Russia may wind up with access to locked LJ content, in any a number of scenarios, ranging from "SUP sells our data to stay afloat" to "disgruntled employee decides to moonlight" to "government agent shares data got by the state with the Russian mafia for kicks/favors" to "hackers".
• That the Kremlin will drive enough Russosphere users off LJ, that it will no longer be financially viable for SUP, and collapse economically, causing the lights to go out on LJ abruptly.
You now know what I know about the situation.