Russia Censorship

Signal Private Messenger has been blocked in Russia by Roskomnadzor, the country's state communications watchdog, according to news agency Interfax. The app has reportedly been blocked in the country for violating laws linked to anti-terrorist operations, but Signal users in Russia have reported that the service is working normally when accessed vi...

A Russian court has sentenced US-Russian journalist Alsu Kurmasheva to more than six years in prison for violating military censorship laws, a court spokesperson said Monday, a ruling her employer slammed as a "mockery of justice".

A Russian court on Thursday extended the detention of US-Russian journalist Alsu Kurmasheva -- who her employer says faces 15 years in prison for violating censorship laws -- until 5 April.

Award-winning Russian investigative journalist Elena Milashina, who was badly beaten in the restive republic of Chechnya, is in a "difficult" condition in a Moscow hospital.

Proposed amendments to Russia's citizenship law would allow for the stripping of acquired citizenship for treason and discrediting the military operation in Ukraine, Russian media reported on Wednesday.

Following allegations that Apple's covert decision-making process jeopardises free expression in countries such as China and Russia, the firm has reportedly promised to enhance disclosures about why it removes certain apps from its App Store. According to reports, activist investors obtained the pledge from Apple earlier this month.

Russia's leading internet firm Yandex on Tuesday said it had agreed to sell its news aggregator and yandex.ru homepage to state-controlled rival VK, a dramatic move that will likely further limit Russians' access to independent media.

Users in Russia are being given free access to virtual private networks (VPNs) as part of a US-backed campaign to help them dodge Moscow’s anti-censorship software. The Open Technology Fund is said to be paying out money to firms like Psiphon and nthLink which have provided VPN access to an estimated four million users in Russia.

Russia's communications regulator Roskomnadzor says it opened administrative cases against Alphabet's Google and six other foreign technology companies for alleged violations of personal data legislation.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has the "political space" to end his invasion of Ukraine, partly thanks to censorship within Russia, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Tuesday.

Twitter has launched a privacy-protected version of its site to bypass surveillance and censorship after Russia restricted access to its service in the country.

Google on Thursday said it has stopped allowing reviews to be added to its online Maps service in Belarus, Russia and Ukraine to prevent them from being used for war news.

Russia's media regulator said Friday it was limiting access to Facebook, accusing the US tech giant of censorship and of violating the rights of Russian citizens.

Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny's allies accused YouTube and Telegram of censorship on Saturday after the video platform and messaging app restricted access to their anti-government voting recommendations for Russia's parliamentary election.

Apple and Google have removed jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny's tactical voting app from their stores, after Russia accused the US tech firms of meddling in its internal affairs.

Signal Private Messenger has been blocked in Russia by Roskomnadzor, the country's state communications watchdog, according to news agency Interfax. The app has reportedly been blocked in the country for violating laws linked to anti-terrorist operations, but Signal users in Russia have reported that the service is working normally when accessed vi...

A Russian court has sentenced US-Russian journalist Alsu Kurmasheva to more than six years in prison for violating military censorship laws, a court spokesperson said Monday, a ruling her employer slammed as a "mockery of justice".

A Russian court on Thursday extended the detention of US-Russian journalist Alsu Kurmasheva -- who her employer says faces 15 years in prison for violating censorship laws -- until 5 April.

Award-winning Russian investigative journalist Elena Milashina, who was badly beaten in the restive republic of Chechnya, is in a "difficult" condition in a Moscow hospital.

Proposed amendments to Russia's citizenship law would allow for the stripping of acquired citizenship for treason and discrediting the military operation in Ukraine, Russian media reported on Wednesday.

Following allegations that Apple's covert decision-making process jeopardises free expression in countries such as China and Russia, the firm has reportedly promised to enhance disclosures about why it removes certain apps from its App Store. According to reports, activist investors obtained the pledge from Apple earlier this month.

Russia's leading internet firm Yandex on Tuesday said it had agreed to sell its news aggregator and yandex.ru homepage to state-controlled rival VK, a dramatic move that will likely further limit Russians' access to independent media.

Users in Russia are being given free access to virtual private networks (VPNs) as part of a US-backed campaign to help them dodge Moscow’s anti-censorship software. The Open Technology Fund is said to be paying out money to firms like Psiphon and nthLink which have provided VPN access to an estimated four million users in Russia.

Russia's communications regulator Roskomnadzor says it opened administrative cases against Alphabet's Google and six other foreign technology companies for alleged violations of personal data legislation.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has the "political space" to end his invasion of Ukraine, partly thanks to censorship within Russia, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Tuesday.

Twitter has launched a privacy-protected version of its site to bypass surveillance and censorship after Russia restricted access to its service in the country.

Google on Thursday said it has stopped allowing reviews to be added to its online Maps service in Belarus, Russia and Ukraine to prevent them from being used for war news.

Russia's media regulator said Friday it was limiting access to Facebook, accusing the US tech giant of censorship and of violating the rights of Russian citizens.

Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny's allies accused YouTube and Telegram of censorship on Saturday after the video platform and messaging app restricted access to their anti-government voting recommendations for Russia's parliamentary election.

Apple and Google have removed jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny's tactical voting app from their stores, after Russia accused the US tech firms of meddling in its internal affairs.