Security News > 2022 > March > Internet backbone provider Lumen quits Russia

Lumen Technologies, the internet backbone provider formerly known as CenturyLink, has quit Russia.

Other tech firms that have quit Russia have also cited opposition to the invasion as a prime reason for withdrawing services, sales, and other operations.

Lumen has also admitted that the sole physical link it controls in Russia is not material to its business, and it serves an "Extremely small number of enterprise customers" in the nation.

While Lumen's rationale for leaving Russia lacks the ideological aspect behind others' similar decisions, it further isolates Russia from the global community - and therefore also from sources of information that might allow citizens to gain a perspective on the invasion that the now-state-controlled Russian media will not share.

Russia has already introduced new legislation that makes mentioning the invasion in the media an offense - only the false term "Special military action" is allowed - and is also cracking down on the limited demonstrations protesting such matters that have taken place within its borders.

Other tech-related entities to quit Russia include global consultancies, Visa and Mastercard, and software vendors Oracle and SAP. .

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