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Between ballet and war: Japanese dancers pursue dreams in RussiaTwo Japanese dancers, Jotaro Kanazasi and Haruka Takemi, are pursuing their ballet dreams in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. They focus on their a...- Russia's WWII victory celebrations muted this year as Ukraine war weighs on PutinTensions are high as Russia prepares for Victory Day celebrations amid the ongoing war in Ukraine. A unilateral ceasefire quickly collapsed...
- Another wave of public outcry tests Putin's rule in wartime RussiaRussian influencers are publicly criticising President Putin's government and policies. This dissent stems from economic hardship and stric...
- Kremlin's drive for a state-backed messaging app touches a nerve for someIn what has been cast by diplomats as Russia's "great crackdown", Russia has repeatedly blocked mobile internet and granted sweeping powers...
- Kremlin's drive for a state-backed messaging app touches a nerve for someRussia is promoting its own messenger app, MAX, as foreign communication platforms face restrictions. Many Russians are reluctant to adopt ...
- '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...
- Google partly down in Turkey, parts of Europe: Government and watchdogGoogle services, including YouTube, experienced outages in Turkey and parts of Europe on Thursday, starting around 0700 GMT. Turkey’s deput...
- 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...
- Here's how DeepSeek's AI chatbot answered questions around ChinaIn some ways, DeepSeek was far less censored than most Chinese platforms, offering answers with keywords that would often be quickly scrubb...
- US calls on Big Tech to help evade online censors in Russia, IranThe tools, supported by the U.S.-backed Open Technology Fund (OTF), have seen a surge of usage in Russia, Iran, Myanmar and authoritarian s...
- Russian users report glitches with secure messenger app SignalSignal users in Russia, especially in Moscow and St Petersburg, reported extensive glitches with the messenger app on Friday. The app worke...
- YouTube slowdown in Russia darkens freedom of speech outlookWith independent Russian-language media banned, YouTube is a key source of opposition views. One video by late opposition leader Alexei Nav...
- 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...
- China’s information dark age could be Russia’s futureBy blocking online platforms, shutting down the last vestige of Russia’s independent media and making it a crime to refer to the fighting i...
- 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’...
- Twitter launches Dark Web Tor service amid Russian censorshipRussian users can use the Tor anonymity network to reach Twitter, announced cyber-security researchers.
- White House to fund tech to evade censorship and increase privacyThe project, part of US President Joe Biden's Dec. 9-10 "Summit for Democracy," aims to promote democratic values "in the face of asymmetri...
- 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 ...
- Censoring the Internet would be disastrous: Hillary ClintonClinton on Thursday said a regulation on internet in some countries has made an environment where ideas are being blocked and conversations...
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