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'Great crackdown': Russia tightens the screws on the internetThe government is periodically jamming the web in regions across Russia, while restricting messaging services Telegram and WhatsApp and tak...- US plans online portal to bypass content bans in Europe and elsewhereThe U.S. State Department is developing an online portal, freedom.gov, to allow users globally to access content banned by their government...
- WhatsApp complains about restrictions in Russia after reported slowdownWhatsApp's statement followed a repeat warning by Russia's communications regulator that it would completely block WhatsApp if it did not c...
- Ticket to the Arctic: Inside Russia's system of convict labourRussia revives forced labour amid Ukraine war labour crisis. Convicts fill workforce gaps in harsh regions like Norilsk. Activist Yekaterin...
- Russia is taking measures to partially restrict calls on Telegram and WhatsApp, Interfax saysRussia’s telecom watchdog will partially restrict calls on Telegram and WhatsApp, Interfax reported. Following a new law by President Putin...
- WhatsApp in firing line as Russia prepares to hit back at US with sanctions by banning Meta’s messaging app, aims to develop its ownRussian lawmakers are preparing to ban WhatsApp, citing national security risks and aiming for digital sovereignty amidst ongoing tensions ...
- EU's legal weapon facing the heat from US big techThe rules, known as the Digital Services Act (DSA), will be debated in the European Parliament Tuesday, as dozens of lawmakers pile pressur...
- Joe Biden's USA government slaps sanctions on Russia Judge ahead of Donald Trump's inaugurationRussian judge has been slapped sanctions by President Joe Biden-headed US government.
- Resist Russian disinformation as elections loom, EU tells Big TechConcerns have mounted in recent months about a spate of disinformation related to parliamentary elections in Slovakia on Sept. 30 and Polan...
- Russia fines Apple, Wikimedia for spreading ''false information'' about Ukraine conflictApple paused all product sales in Russia shortly after Moscow sent tens of thousands of troops into Ukraine in February 2022, and limited i...
- Russia fines WhatsApp for first time for not deleting banned contentAlthough WhatsApp's parent company Meta Platforms Inc was last year banned in Russia as an "extremist" organisation, the messenger app - wh...
- WhatsApp faces first fine in Russia for failure to delete 'banned' contentMessenger service WhatsApp faces a maximum fine of 4 million roubles (51,500) after Russia accused it of failing to delete banned content, ...
- Russia fines Google over LGBT propaganda and false informationOver the last year, Moscow has levied dozens of fines against Western tech companies to ramp up control over what Russian internet users se...
- Who is Evan Gershkovich, the American reporter arrested in Russia?Early in the war, Gershkovich had gone to Belarus, witnessing Russian military ambulances backing up at a hospital 30 miles (50 km) from th...
- 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...
- War censorship exposes Putin's leaky internet controlsPutin has also blocked access to both Western media and independent news sites in the country, and a new law criminalises spreading informa...
- Russia, blocked from the global internet, plunges into digital isolationTikTok and Netflix are suspending their services in the country. Facebook has been blocked. Twitter has been partially blocked and YouTube’...
- Several Western news organisations suspend operations in Russia following censorship lawThe censorship law builds on the Kremlin’s insistence that characterizations of its attacks on Ukraine as a “war” or “invasion” rather than...
- Russia threatens YouTube block after RT TV's German channels are deletedRussian state communications regulator Roskomnadzor said it had written to Google and demanded that the restrictions be lifted. It said Rus...
- YouTube shuts German channels of Russian broadcaster RTYouTube said RT's German branch had received a "strike" for uploading material that violated YouTube's standards on Covid-19 misinformation...
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