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Russia blocks some Internet platforms

Post by Daniel Brandt » Sun Oct 02, 2022 8:51 pm

https://www.rt.com/russia/563904-soundc ... fake-news/

2 Oct, 2022 11:38

SoundCloud banned for fake news - regulator

The audio service promoted falsehoods about Moscow's military operation in
Ukraine, according to Roskomnadzor.

Russia has blocked SoundCloud, one of the world's largest online audio
distribution platforms, for spreading misinformation about Moscow's
military campaign in Ukraine, the nation's media watchdog Roskomnadzor
said in a statement on Sunday.

Access to the service has been suspended at the request of the Prosecutor
General's Office because SoundCloud was displaying "materials containing
false information about the essence of [Russia's] special military
operation in the territory of Ukraine," according to the Roskomnadzor
document, as cited by various outlets.

In particular, this includes spreading falsehoods about the military
campaign's "form, methods of warfare (attacks on civilians, strikes on
civilian infrastructure), as well as about numerous civilian casualties at
the hands of Russian soldiers," the regulator said.

Roskomnadzor noted that, according to Russian legislation, such "fake
information" is subject to being immediately blocked, adding that it had
twice demanded that the platform's owner delete the objectionable
materials.

The watchdog added that "should the prohibited information be removed, the
resource will be unblocked."

SoundCloud was blocked in Russia on Saturday, with Roskomnadzor saying at
the time that the platform had violated Russia's data protection law. It
also claimed that the service flouted regulations prohibiting "calls for
massive civil unrest, extremist activities" while disseminating "false
information of public importance."

In recent months, Russian authorities have imposed various restrictions
and fines on a number of Western-based tech giants for failing to comply
with local legislation. In March, the platforms Facebook and Instagram
were banned in Russia as extremist organizations after they allowed online
hate speech against the country's nationals.

In late July, a Moscow court fined social media platforms Snapchat,
Tinder, and WhatsApp for refusing to localize the data of Russian users in
the country. The same punishment was imposed on American search giant
Google after it failed to remove prohibited information on the Ukraine
conflict.

Prior to that, Spotify, another popular audio streaming service, withdrew
from Russia, arguing that it had to do so due to the legislation that
criminalizes knowingly publishing false information about the actions of
Russia's armed forces.

In early March, Russia adopted a law that allows the authorities to impose
substantial fines on persons and entities for discrediting the Russian
army or calling for sanctions against Moscow. If an offense leads to
"grave consequences," the perpetrator could face a prison sentence of up
to 15 years.

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Re: Russia blocks some Internet platforms

Post by ericbarbour » Wed Oct 12, 2022 7:44 pm

Typical RT crap. Another thing they don't like to talk about is the quality of the Russian army these days. Russian leadership has been lying about dealing with "dedovshchina", which has been a constant problem for centuries. And got worse under Putin (apparently?) Reports like this have been commonplace for as long as I can remember. They ignore Geneva Convention rules and cheerfully slaughter and torture civilians anywhere they go. Because they do it to each other.

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2020/02/ ... rmy-a69309
https://www.vice.com/en/article/gqdx44/full-v13n4
https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/04/europe/r ... index.html
https://www.hrw.org/report/2004/10/19/w ... med-forces
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/ ... ays-father
https://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/13/worl ... azing.html

Not shown: the rape and prostitution conscripts are also subjected to. Russia has tried to outlaw homosexuality, yet they might have the gayest army on earth.....

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