TikTok Claims Russia Not Given Special Treatment Despite Deleting Protest Posts After Kremlin Request
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TikTok claims it did not give Russia “special” treatment after it agreed to a request from the Russian government demanding it delete posts of street protests supporting Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny.
Despite removing the posts, the social media site was fined 2.6 million rubles (£25,000) by Russia in April for not getting rid of the videos of the demonstrations and calls for teenagers to join the protests quickly enough.
Other social media giants have also been issued with fines.
Elizabeth Kanter, UK director of government relations at TikTok, told members of the House of Lords that they had treated Russia’s requests to delete content in the same way as any other country.
Foreign tech giants ordered to bring their activities in line with Russian legislation by May 15
MAY 6, 2021
Foreign tech giants including Twitter, Google, and YouTube are experiencing hard times as Russian authorities seek to tighten rules and regulations on information resources posted on the internet for the public.
The Federation Council and the State Duma, both houses of parliament, amended laws that monitor the overall operations and services offered by these tech companies.
The latest directives asked all foreign tech companies to remove all information resources critical about the government, politics, and business, so also information considered as promoting political extremism, child pornography, and other materials harmful to the society.
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The parliamentarian said that the bulk of objections against Google from the communications watchdog remained
MOSCOW, April 16. /TASS/. Google must delete 6,000 pieces of prohibited content from the YouTube platform and also to unblock a number of Russian mass media materials for normal operation in Russia’s legal space, the chairman of the Federation Council’s Commission on Information Policy and Cooperation with the Media, Alexey Pushkov, told TASS on Friday.
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Peskov, Zakharova, Russia’s Federation Council Charge Navalny Protests Staged
Jan. 25 , 2021 (EIRNS) Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov yesterday denounced U.S. State Department comments on the Navalny demonstrations in Moscow, in the wake of the U.S. Embassy’s publication of the whereabouts of illegal demonstrations protesting Alexey Navalny’s arrest.
“The United States will stand shoulder to shoulder with our allies and partners in defense of human rights whether in Russia or wherever they come under threat,” said Ned Price, a spokesperson for the State Department. Commenting on Rossiya-1’s “Moscow.Kremlin.Putin” program Peskov countered, “Lots of people are going to say that many people came out to this illegal rally. No. Few people came out, but many people vote for Putin. And a lot of people voted for constitutional reform” that will let Putin run for president until 2036, he was quoted as telling Britain’s Guardian dail