A court fined the company 4 million roubles for allegedly prohibited content as part of a larger trend of fines levied against U.S.-based tech firms.
Those cases were nothing, however, compared to the government’sin July. In that scenario, Russian authorities slammed the hammer down on Google-owned YouTube for allegedly promoting “extremism and terrorism,” as well anti-Russian propaganda centered on the country’s ongoing war with Ukraine. With Meta, Russian authorities went a step further by banning the service entirely and
adding the company to its list of “terrorists and extremists” alongside the Taliban and the Islamic State.In a new report, nonprofit human rights organization Freedom House claims Russia’s wartime digital crackdowns are partly to blame for a global decline in internet freedoms, which it estimates have worsened for a 12th straight year.
The report claims the country blocked some 5,000 websites and moved to restrict access to social media platforms like Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. In addition to the blocks, Freedom House cited a number of newly passed pieces of legislation that expanded the powers of state bodies tasked with regulation of the internet. Freedom House claims those moves are directly tied to Russia’s war effort.
It’s worth noting that while Freedom House is well regarded among a large number of rights groups, some academic and commentators have criticized the organization for allegedly biased and opaque data collection methods and overly simplified results. Others, more blatantly accuse Freedom House ofhaving a, “neoliberal bias.
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