Dear Big Tech: Don't help Russia de-platform civil society
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.
Source: accessnow.org
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Tor Project Mounts Legal Challenge to Oppose Russian Blocking * TorrentFreak
The Tor Project has teamed up with digital rights activists to mount a legal challenge against the service's censorship in Russia.
Source: torrentfreak.com
Russia requires Netflix and other streaming services to include local state TV channels
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 2020 and is set to go into force in March 2022.
Source: techstory.in
Russia slaps Google and Meta with multimillion-dollar fines for not deleting banned content
Russia slaps Google and Meta with multimillion-dollar fines for not deleting banned content - SiliconANGLE
Source: siliconangle.com
Russian court fines Google nearly $100M for keeping banned content
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.
Source: arkansasonline.com