Ukrainian war, from Telegram to TikTok: who is in the crosshairs of Russian censorship

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Since the beginning of the war Russia already has fined several tech companies, mostly foreignersfor not deleting the content it deems illegal

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UKRAINE - MAY, 2022: Pictured in this video screen grab are Russian Western Military District troops deploying 152mm Msta-B towed howitzers to destroy strongpoints and military hardware of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The Russian Armed Forces are carrying out a special military operation in Ukraine in response to requests from the leaders of the Donetsk People's Republic and Lugansk People's Republic for assistance. Video grab. Best possible quality. Russian Defense Ministry / TASS / Sipa USA

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The Kremlin also warned sites against violating a law passed in early March that prohibits “discrediting” armed forces with a sentence of up to 15 years

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LEEDS, ENGLAND - MAY 27: A general view outside an Amazon UK Services Ltd Warehouse at Leeds Distribution Park on May 27, 2021 in Leeds, England. (Photo by Nathan Stirk / Getty Images)

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Russian courts have recently fined Twitch (live streaming platform owned by Amazon) for 2 million rubles (about $ 33,900)

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Also fine for Telegram of 11 million rubles (185 thousand dollars) for hosting content that second Fly they contained “false” information regarding the events in Ukraine

PATRIOT PARK, RUSSIA - AUGUST, 16 (RUSSIA OUT) Russian President Vladimir Putin is seen on the screens at the stand of the Zvezda state broadcasting company at the International Military Technical Forum 'Army 2022', on August, 16,2022, in Patriot Park, outside of Moscow, Russia. The International Army Games is a part of the 'Army 2022' forum, organized by Russian Ministry of Defense - the major annual military exhibition in the country. (Photo by Contributor / Getty Images)

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Last month always the Roskomnadzor began requiring Russian search engines to inform users that Wikipedia was violating Russian law after the site’s owners refused to delete some articles about war in Ukraine

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In March Mark Bernsteinone of the most prominent authors of the Russian version of the free online encyclopedia Wikipedia, was arrested by the Directorate General Against Organized Crime and Corruption of the Ministry of the Interior Belarus

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At the end of July a court of Fly fined the owners of social media WhatsApp and Snapchat for their alleged refusal to physically enter Russian user data into servers on Russian soil. Snapchat was fined in the amount of 1 million rubles (about 17,000 US dollars), Whatsapp messenger, owned by Meta, was subjected to a fine of 18 million rubles (about $ 300,000)

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Furthermore, starting from last March 4, they had been blocked Facebook and Twitter, accused of discrimination against the Russian media and to follow Instagram

MOSCOW, RUSSIA - JULY 23: Russian people attend a march titled "For Liberty on the Internet" in Moscow, Russia, on July 23, 2017. (Photo by Sefa Karacan / Anadolu Agency / Getty Images)

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It has not yet been added to the list of blacked-out big techs at the moment YouTube. Despite months of fines and threats, for failing to eliminate content that Moscow deems illegal and for restricting access to some Russian mediathe video sharing platform has not yet been affected

NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 26: The front-page of The New York Times shows a picture of a dead Russian soldier covered in snow in Kharkiv, Ukraine February 26, 2022 on a newsstand in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. The picture was taken by staff photographer Tyler Hicks. (Photo by Robert Nickelsberg / Getty Images)

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In Russia, information censorship is becoming more and more stringent and it is starting to hit international newspapers as well

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Source-tg24.sky.it

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