Russia orders Discord to remove almost 1,000 posts it says contain illegal materialsRussia’s communications regulator, Roskomnadzor, has ordered Discord to remove nearly 1,000 posts deemed illegal, including content promoti...
02 Oct, 2024, 01.47 PM IST
Russia blocks SoundCloud citing spread of "false information": reportRussia has battled big tech companies to control the flow of information after it sent troops to Ukraine on Feb. 24, slowing Twitter's serv...
02 Oct, 2022, 05.10 PM IST
Russia demands Apple explain after VK's social media platform removed from App StoreThe communications regulator Roskomnadzor in a statement said the restrictions were discriminatory and violated Russian internet users' rig...
28 Sep, 2022, 04.51 PM IST
Russia's watchdog imposes measures against TikTok, Telegram, Zoom, Discord, PinterestRussia has repeatedly threatened to fine sites - including Google, that violate harsh new laws criminalising the spreading of "false inform...
19 Aug, 2022, 07.15 PM IST
YouTube blocks Russian parliament channel, drawing ire from officialsYouTube, owned by Alphabet Inc's, has been under pressure from Russian communications regulator Roskomnadzor and officials were quick to re...
09 Apr, 2022, 04.49 PM IST
Russia threatens to fine Wikipedia if it doesn't delete 'false information'Russian communications regulator Roskomnadzor said on Tuesday it wanted Wikipedia to remove "material with inaccurate information of public...
05 Apr, 2022, 02.29 PM IST
Russia demands that Google stop spreading threats against Russians on YouTubeRoskomnadzor said adverts on the platform were threatening the life and health of Russian citizens and that their dissemination was evidenc...
18 Mar, 2022, 06.03 PM IST
Russia blocks BBC website, vows more retaliatory media sanctions"I think this is only the beginning of retaliatory measures to the information war unleashed by the West against Russia," foreign ministry ...
16 Mar, 2022, 10.41 PM IST
Instagram no longer accessible in Russia: ReportInstagram's app was not refreshing without a VPN connection on Monday, AFP journalists said. The social network also appeared on a list of ...
14 Mar, 2022, 01.22 PM IST
Russia watchdog bans 'invasion' and 'assault' in mediaIn a statement, Roskomnadzor accused a number of independent media outlets including television channel Dozhd and the country's top indepen...
26 Feb, 2022, 03.34 PM IST
Russia files court cases for fines on annual turnover of Google, MetaRoskomnadzor in October threatened both Alphabet's Google and Meta's Facebook with fines based on a percentage of their annual turnover for...
03 Dec, 2021, 06.37 PM IST
Russia to go after Google this month with fine of up to 20% of annual turnoverCommunications regulator Roskomnadzor said Google had failed to pay 32.5 million roubles ($458,100) in penalties levied so far this year.
19 Oct, 2021, 08.42 PM IST
Facebook could face hefty fine in Russia over banned content, report saysState communications regulator Roskomnadzor said Facebook's repeated violations could see it fined 5% or 10% of its annual Russian turnover...
30 Sep, 2021, 01.45 PM IST
Russia ramps up pressure on foreign tech firms on eve of electionRussia's authorities have said foreign firms are hampering their efforts to block virtual private networks (VPNs) and online resources link...
16 Sep, 2021, 10.10 PM IST
Russia gives Google 24 hours to delete banned contentRussia has already placed a punitive slowdown on Twitter for not deleting banned content, part of a push by Moscow to rein in Western tech ...
25 May, 2021, 06.49 PM IST
Russia says Twitter complying with demand to remove 'banned content'Russia this month extended the punitive slowdown until May 15, while acknowledging that the U.S. social media company had accelerated the d...
30 Apr, 2021, 06.34 PM IST
Russia adds Google IPs to registry of banned sitesRussia has ordered the popular Telegram messaging app to shut down because it won't share its encryption key with intelligence agencies.
22 Apr, 2018, 09.42 PM IST