Russia: YouTube must do more to protect free speech
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Today, YouTube restored content that led to the SmartVote project, an initiative set up by prominent Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny, following media outcry that the takedown could have been politically motivated. ARTICLE 19 calls on YouTube to be far more transparent about its content moderation processes, to provide effective complaints mechanisms in line with its human rights responsibilities and to establish contact points for journalists, activists and other groups at risk.
On 6 May 2021, Youtube removed the hyperlinks to SmartVote in videos of several media outlets – Sota Vision, Novaya Gazeta and a channel linked to opposition politician Ilya Yashin – allegedly following complaints from Roskomnadzor (RKN), the Russia federal media and telecommunication regulator. According to the notification received from YouTube’s administrators, the hyperlinks violated the video-hostin
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