First Monday May 2021

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The following papers are included in this month's issue:

First Monday
Volume 26, Number 5 - 3 May 2021

Special issue on Infrastructure-embedded control, circumvention and soverei=
gnty in the Russian Internet
co-edited by Francoise Dauce and Francesca Musiani

Infrastructure-embedded control, circumvention and sovereignty in the Russi=
an Internet: An introduction
by Francoise Dauce and Francesca Musiani

Contextualizing sovereignty: A critical review of competing explanations of=
 the Internet governance in the (so-called) Russian case
by Polina Kolozaridi and Dmitry Muravyov

Control by infrastructure: Political ambitions meet technical implementatio=
ns in RuNet
by Ilona Stadnik

Controlling free expression "by infrastructure" in the Russian Internet: Th=
e consequences of RuNet sovereignization
by Liudmila Sivetc

Mapping the routes of the Internet for geopolitics: The case of Eastern Ukr=
aine
by Kevin Limonier, Frederick Douzet, Louis Petiniaud, Loqman Salamatian, an=
d Kave Salamatian

The Telegram ban: How censorship "made in Russia" faces a global Internet
by Ksenia Ermoshina and Francesca Musiani

Codes of conduct for algorithmic news recommendation: The Yandex.News contr=
oversy in Russia
by Francoise Dauce and Benjamin Loveluck

'In Google we trust'? The Internet giant as a subject of contention and app=
ropriation for the Russian state and civil society
by Olga Bronnikova and Anna Zaytseva

Social media and state repression: The case of VKontakte and the anti-garba=
ge protest in Shies, in Far Northern Russia
by Perrine Poupin

"Free libraries for the free people": How mass-literature "shadow" librarie=
s circumvent digital barriers and redefine legality in contemporary Russia
by Bella Ostromooukhova

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With the May issue, First Monday has published 2,051 papers in 300 issues, =
written by 2,956 different authors over the past 25 years. This issue marks=
 the twenty-fifty birthday of First Monday; the first issue was released on=
 May 6, 1996.

Thanks for your continuing interest in our work,

Edward J. Valauskas
Chief Editor and Founder, First Monday