Online Censorship Cases in Russia Skyrocketed in 2018, NGO Says

[Rogue Valley]

Online Censorship Cases in Russia Skyrocketed in 2018, NGO Says

2/5/19
Internet freedom continued to decline over the past year in Russia, with bans and limits on information skyrocketing, according to a new report released by the Agora human rights group. More than 115,500 cases of censorship were recorded in 2017, Agora, which tracks internet and media freedom in Russia, said last year. Since then, Russia enacted anti-terror legislation that expanded the state’s surveillance powers and began a sweeping pursuit to ban the Telegram messaging app. Agora recorded 662,842 cases of internet censorship faced by Russian users in 2018 — nearly a six-fold increase from 2017 — according to the report published Tuesday. Censorship expanded from 26 to 41 Russian regions last year, the NGO said. “There were fluctuations for certain types of violations, but the general trend is definitely toward strictness,” the report’s co-author Damir Gainutdinov told BBC Russia.

Russia is rapidly turning into a police state.

 

[Hawkeye10]

Online Censorship Cases in Russia Skyrocketed in 2018, NGO Says

Russia is rapidly turning into a police state.

As is their senior partner China, and as is likely to happen to America as the West continues to die and The New Chinese Empire romps.

 

[KevinKohler]

Russia isn't a police state?

 

[DaveFagan]

Online Censorship Cases in Russia Skyrocketed in 2018, NGO Says

Russia is rapidly turning into a police state.

Wowser! Sounds just like the Google, Facebook, Twitter censorship here in the USA. What the hell those Russkies doing copying our policies? Next thing you know they'll be giving their local cops half tracks, heavy weapons, and offensive electronic devices, just like here in the good ol' USA, eh?
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[Fledermaus]

Wowser! Sounds just like the Google, Facebook, Twitter censorship here in the USA. What the hell those Russkies doing copying our policies? Next thing you know they'll be giving their local cops half tracks, heavy weapons, and offensive electronic devices, just like here in the good ol' USA, eh?
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We could compare and contrast....

When did the US attempt ban Twitter?