On March 22, 2022, Russian lawmakers amended the “fake news” laws with fines and prison sentences. The law, signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin on March 4, criminalized specific types of news coverage over the invasion of Ukraine and could force more social networks out of the country. From P...
For years, the Russian government has been putting in place the technological and legal infrastructure to clamp down on freedom of speech online, leading to frequent predictions that the country could be heading toward internet censorship akin to China’s great firewall. But despite an entire...
Russian authorities are escalating pressure on social media companies, forcing them to censor online content deemed illegal by the government, according to Human Rights Watch. Social media platforms have received warnings and face fines and potential blocking for failure to comply with Russia’s...
A top Russian official has said the government will do its best to defend the internet giant Yandex, which is reportedly under pressure from security services to hand over its encryption keys. From The Moscow Times.
"Russia has started blocking some Google (GOOGL) services, accusing the search company of helping Telegram bypass a ban on its encrypted messaging service.
Roskomnadzor, Russia's telecommunication regulator, said Sunday that despite a court order Google has not complied with a request to prevent...
In an interview published on April 18, 2018, the head of Russian communications regulator Roskomnadzor stated that Facebook could be blocked if the platform does not show compliance with Russian data localization requirements.
Read more at I&J Retrospect.
On April 13, 2018, a Russian court ordered that access to the messaging service Telegram be blocked in Russia, following the platform's repeated refusal to hand over its encryption keys to the FSB, the Russian security agency. After the Russian Supreme Court rejectedTelegram's appeal on March 20...
A court in Moscow has approved a request from the Russian media regulator to block the Telegram messaging app immediately.
The media regulator sought to block the app because the firm had refused to hand over encryption keys used to scramble messages.
A Russian court on Friday ordered that access to the Telegram messenger service be blocked in Russia, heralding possible communication disruption for millions of users in the latest clash between global technology firms and Russian authorities.
Read more at Reuters.