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Russia wants social media platforms to block human rights group OVD-Info. Here’s why they should fight to keep OVD and other rights groups online.

The Tor Project has teamed up with digital rights activists to mount a legal challenge against the service's censorship in Russia.

The large digital corporations are poised to face yet another conflict with Russia, as the Russian government has demanded that Netflix and other streaming providers integrate local state television channels on their platforms. According to The Moscow Times (via Engadget), Russia's communications regulator, Roskomnadzor, recently declared that foreign streaming services will be required to offer 20 Russian federal television channels to their consumers. The legislation was drafted in late 2...

Russia slaps Google and Meta with multimillion-dollar fines for not deleting banned content - SiliconANGLE

MOSCOW -- A Russian court fined Google nearly $100 million Friday for "systematic failure to remove banned content," the largest such penalty as Moscow attempts to rein in Western tech giants.

MOSCOW -- A Russian court fined Google nearly $100 million Friday for "systematic failure to remove banned content," the largest such penalty as Moscow attempts to rein in Western tech giants.

A Moscow court on Friday slapped Google with a nearly $100 million fine and also fined Facebooks parent company Meta $27 million over their failure to delete content banned by local law, as Russia seeks to step up pressure on technology giants.

The list of the candidates was posted before elections to the State Duma

A group of Russian lawmakers has accused Western nations of attempting to undermine the country?s parliamentary elections, while warning foreign states cou

A group of Russian lawmakers has accused Western nations of attempting to undermine the country?s parliamentary elections, while warning foreign states cou