Moscow Bans QR Codes in Billboards Over Navalny’s Anti-Putin Campaign - The Moscow Times
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Authorities in Moscow have banned billboards containing QR codes after allies of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny used the matrix barcodes to conceal their newly launched anti-Putin campaign ahead of the 2024 presidential election.  Navalny on Thursday urged supporters to vote for any candidate besides Vladimir Putin during the race, which is scheduled to take place on March 15-17. On Friday, the 71-year-old Putin officially announced his bid to run for a fifth term.
  • SamsonSeinfelder@feddit.deEnglish
    421·
    11 months ago

    Republicans blush at the amount of bans and cancellations of culture Russia is pushing out. The way Putin is dictating their citizens on how to live and what to say is the wet dream of the republican party.

    • BearOfaTime@lemm.eeEnglish
      375·
      11 months ago

      The self same Republicans you leftists accuse of being selfishly in dependant? You really need to get your insults and accusations straight there, mate.

      Like how the Biden administration destroyed 40% of black owned businesses a couple years ago, using blatantly anti-scientific arguments.

      The fascists in the US today are the democrats and the liberals who changed their shout from “fight the government” to “use the government to get our way”, you know, the very definition of fascism.

      • Daxtron2@startrek.websiteEnglish
        17·
        11 months ago

        I don’t think you’ve got any clue about the definition of fascism, and the distinction between Fascism and fascism

        • ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.worldEnglish
          11·
          11 months ago

          I always think it’s hilarious when right-wingers talk about “leftists” and “liberals” as though we are billions strong and marching in lockstep, and then throw in shit that no self-respecting “liberal” would ever even think about. It’s like there was just too much paraquat in your weed once upon a time and now this is what your brain looks like with a side of toast.

          • Daxtron2@startrek.websiteEnglish
            5·
            11 months ago

            I always laugh when someone calls me a liberal, like bro liberals are center right compared to my beliefs.

            • PsychedSy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
              3·
              11 months ago

              There are a lot of leftists that’ll be voting for Biden next year. Do our views even matter when we don’t have a candidate to vote for?

              • Daxtron2@startrek.websiteEnglish
                3·
                11 months ago

                Yeah I’m not happy about it but I’ll do my civic responsibility to keep a fascist out of office. We gotta keep our views though if we ever want a chance of being represented.

                • ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.worldEnglish
                  3·
                  11 months ago

                  I have a confession: I might actually be a leftist and not just a mere crunchy liberal, but I have no fucking idea because we no longer live in a world where nuance in the face of oncoming fascism has any real place for expression. I can read books and articles about it, but I’m far more about the practical realities of it: where is it in practice?

                  Right now, there’s no place for that level of distinction. We are quickly distilling ourselves into Team Humanity vs. Team Ovens, with no real idea of who will win, or how long the fight will go on as we slip father and farther away from democracy as a society.

                  It is, exactly as you said, a matter of simply keeping your beliefs for now, if not outwardly realized, just because of what the relatively sane majority is facing from the rabid, corrupt, and completely off-their-fucking-meds minority.

                  It is my sincere hope that I live long enough to see what an actual leftist government stands for. Who knows, I might even like it. But for now, it’s just all hands against fascism, and whatever the fuck I am, am NOT on Team Ovens.

  • casmael@lemm.eeEnglish
    36·
    11 months ago

    ‘Moscow bans being outside while not being Vladimir putin in rare relaxation of tough being-outside rules’

  • Rentlar@lemmy.caEnglish
    29·
    11 months ago

    The most hilarious thing I read about was the Navalny city service line…

    If you needed snow cleared or a pothole repair, spray paint “Навальный” on it, make sure someone notices and posts to social media and your issue will be resolved before you could say “СССР”.

  • Railcar8095@lemm.eeEnglish
    18·
    11 months ago

    “QR codes that serve as an online link contain various information and are prone to changes, which can violate the federal Law on Advertising,” writes Ivan Shubin, head of the city administration’s media department, adding: “especially considering increased hacker attacks and website breaches.”

    So, are they banning all urls in billboards?

    • spamspeicher@feddit.deEnglish
      6·
      11 months ago

      Most Barcode scanners included in Android and iOS can’t read them though. I know at least for Data Matrix, only a few scanners can handle them.

  • Jaysyn@kbin.social
    31·
    11 months ago

    It will be stickers with QR codes next, followed by QR codes in general.