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Two days after the Russian attack on Ukraine, Roskomnadzor issued regulations that explicitly forbid the media to describe the aggression of Putin’s troops with terms such as “invasion”, “declaration of war” or “attack”. The only information allowed for publication in Russia about the war in Ukraine is that from the official communications of the Russian Ministry of Defense. Publishers have been instructed to write about a “special operation” to protect Russian-speaking people in eastern Ukraine. The penalty for non-compliance with the regulation is blockade.
Russia blocks independent media
In fact, the pro-Kremlin media do not report the bombing of Kiev and other cities, and there is no mention of Russian soldiers shooting civilians and attacking facilities such as hospitals, schools and kindergartens. Instead, they claim that the Ukrainian government is the Nazis. During the first two days of the war, the Ministry of Defense did not admit that Russian troops had suffered losses.
Many TV and radio stations have not complied with the bans of Russian censorship. As reported, it was blocked by, inter alia, Nastojaszczje Vremya (Current Time TV), the Russian version of Crimea.Realities, the “The New Times” website, Tajga.info portal, as well as Ukrainian media such as Interfax. Independent Novaya Gazeta reported that Roskomnadzor ordered her to remove an article that violates the regulation on how to report on the war in Ukraine.
Six days after the start of the war in Ukraine, the Russian prosecutor general also ordered “restriction” to the Dozhj channel and radio Echo of Moscow. The reason is the alleged “deliberate and systematic” publication of information “inciting extremism and violence” as well as “deliberately false news about the activities of military personnel” in Ukraine. Soon after the ordinance, the websites of these broadcasters were no longer available, and Alexei Vieniediktov, editor-in-chief of Echo of Moscow, confirmed on Telegram that the radio had been removed from the antenna.
also reports that over the past year, incl. Dożdż television has been described by the Russian authorities as “foreign agents”. One of the deputies of the State Duma also suggested that he could punish “fake news” about Russian movements in Ukraine with up to 15 years in prison.
Reuters also reports that the Russian foreign ministry has accused Facebook, Google, Twitter and other foreign platforms of “inciting war”. The agency reports that as a result, access to social media such as Facebook and Twitter has been partially restricted in Russia. Roskomnadzor has even introduced restrictions on the speed of Twitter, because the platform does not remove information about Putin’s military movements, which is false, according to the Russian bureau.
Blockade of Russian media
Meanwhile, Meta (Facebook) and Google first disabled the Russian state media from the possibility of earning money from advertising, and Microsoft did the same, which also blocked RT applications from its app store. The next step was to block the accounts and profiles of pro-Kremlin broadcasters on Facebook and Instagram. In addition, there was also a blockade of posts with links to the websites of these media. Google blocks channels such as RT and Sputnik from its news sites, and the same is happening on YouTube.
Since the beginning of March, Twitter has been displaying content and messages related to the Kremlin and its favorable media on its websites. On Monday, it was reported that 45 thousand people visit there daily. tweets with links to Russian propaganda tubes.
The traffic tracking function in Ukraine in Google Maps and Apple Maps also does not work. The AP agency reports that even Chinese TikTok blocked RT and Sputnik accounts in Europe.
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Source: Gazeta
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