Slowly but surely, Russia has been following in the footsteps of countries that have largely made censorship a priority above information. When most countries begin to make measured steps to censor the internet for their populations, an overseeing authority was established. China has a ministry specifically for the purpose of censoring the internet. A system […]
Russia has implemented media censorship for a very long time. Anything that questions the government or the state of political affairs in Russia is censored. The long arm of the government often intimidates people into self-censorship – they don’t want to be on the receiving end of forced silence. There may not be a need […]
Each year Russia tries to find new ways to make censorship more widespread. This year, they’ve already made significant strides in blocking encrypted messaging apps like Telegram, and in order to block users getting around restrictions, they’ve even set forth a “VPN Ban” with the only legal VPNS operating required to retain logs on users. […]
Agora, a reputable human rights groups based in Russia has published new reports on the online crackdown taking place in the country. The latest report finds that in the last twelve months, Russia has seen more than 115,000 online censorship cases with a vast majority (110,000) of these websites being successfully blocked by the government. […]
