Birdwatch Note Rating
2024-02-07 19:46:46 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: B3712F6662F1A0AF060B5A07691C8F799389A9E1AD652BAA9075E07B408F3DAE
Participant Details
Original Note:
Russian censorship of the internet is extensive. Many social media sites are outright banned, i.e., Twitter and Facebook. VPNs, used to circumvent the censorship, are to be banned in March. Political censorship and arbitrariness are commonplace in Russia. https://freedomhouse.org/country/russia/freedom-net/2023 https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/04/world/europe/russia-censorship-media-crackdown.html https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/06/18/russia-growing-internet-isolation-control-censorship https://apnews.com/article/russia-crackdown-surveillance-censorship-war-ukraine-internet-dab3663774feb666d6d0025bcd082fba https://therecord.media/russia-internet-isolation-challenges https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2024/02/05/russia-will-block-vpn-services-in-march-says-safe-internet-league-chief-mizulina-a83978
All Note Details