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Articles with tag "Internet"

BLACKOUT

Telegram Messenger Blocks Navalny Bot During Russian Election

The decision further restricts access to Alexei Navalny's Smart Voting system, following Apple and Google takedowns of his app.
access denied

Russia Starts Blocking Google Docs After Navalny Shares Anti-Kremlin Vote Strategy – Monitor

Russia has put increasing pressure on Google to block search results related to Navalny's Smart Voting campaign.
'knock out half the internet'

Russia to Test-Block Domains Used by Navalny Apps, Sparking Online Privacy Fears – Kommersant

Russia’s communications watchdog reportedly urged state firms to switch from Google and Cloudflare’s DNS to Russia’s sovereign system.
manipulated information

Russian Trolls Targeting Western Media: U.K. Research

Researchers said 32 major Western news outlets are being hijacked by pro-Russian trolls to spread pro-Kremlin disinformation.
ACCESS DENIED

Russia Blocks VPN Providers in Ongoing Internet Crackdown

Russia said the blocked VPNs had allowed Russians to access illegal content.
mounting fines

Russia Fines Google for Not Removing Illegal Content

Russia has been taking legal action against foreign tech companies for not deleting content banned by the authorities.
data breach

Russia Fines Google For Breaching Data Storage Law

This is the first time the U.S. company has been penalized for breaching a controversial law requiring the data of Russian users to be stored inside Russia...
ANTI-THREAT

Russia Blocks Navalny Mirror Site Using ‘Internet Isolation’ Tools – NGO

Navalny rolled out navalny.app after authorities blocked his main website navalny.com because of “banned extremist activity.”
internet isolation

Russia ‘Successfully Disconnected’ From World Wide Web in Tests – RBC

Past attempts to unplug from the global internet have had mixed success.
think global, act local

Russia Orders Foreign Tech Giants to Set Up Local Foothold

Internet companies that don't open an office in Russia could end up fully blocked within the country.
Propaganda Cooperation

Comrades in Tweets? The Contours and Limits of China-Russia Cooperation on Digital Propaganda

Chinese and Russian online propagandists share broadly similar goals and tactics, but they still tend to work separately.
Internet Ban

Russian Lawmakers Pass Bill to Make Web Giants Go Local

Foreign social media companies could be banned by the Russian government if they don't set up local offices in Russia.
PUSHING BACK

Russia Gives Google 24 Hour Ultimatum to Remove Banned Content

Communications watchdog says it will slow down Google’s services in Russia if the company does not comply.
Reprieve

Russia Says Won't Block Twitter, Will Keep Throttling Speeds

Twitter complied with 91% of Russia’s requests to delete content, the country’s media regulator said.
internet clampdown

Russia Eyes Banning Online Anonymity After Deadly School Shooting

The shooter in Tuesday's shooting in Kazan that killed nine had reportedly announced plans to commit the massacre on social media.
watch your mouth

Russians Post More Profanities After Social Media Swearing Ban

A new Russian law requiring social media platforms to delete posts containing swear words came into force earlier this year.
opinion Andrei Soldatov

Russia’s Pursuit of Internet Sovereignty Backfires, Again

A Kremlin attempt to slow Twitter caused government websites to crash and raised new questions about its ambitious plans to regulate the internet.
extremely online

Russia's Twitter Slowdown Gets the Meme Treatment

The potentially precedent-setting news as seen through the lens of memes.
lost connectivity

Russia Says ‘Equipment Failure’ Behind Government Website Outages, Not Twitter Slowdown

Several Russian government websites briefly went down after authorities said they will slow Twitter speeds for Russian users.
Going online

Russians Increasingly Get Their News from Social Media, Internet – Poll

Television remains the most popular news source for Russians, however.
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