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Russia Demands Google Not To Promote 'Illegal' Events On YouTube

posted by janrinok on Tuesday August 13 2019, @03:04PM   Printer-friendly
from the its-not-legal-to-watch,-only-to-do dept.

Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:

Tens of thousands of people on Saturday staged what observers called the country's biggest political protest in years, defying a crackdown to demand free elections for the legislature of the capital, Moscow. Multiple YouTube channels broadcast the event live. Some videos attracted more than 50,000 people according to organisers. In contrast to previous protests, the authorities had approved this rally.

It said Russia would consider a failure by Google to respond to the request as "interference in its sovereign affairs" and "hostile influence (over) and obstruction of democratic elections in Russia".

If the company does not take measures to prevent events from being promoted on its platforms, Russia reserves the right to respond accordingly, Roscomnadzor said in its statement, without giving details.

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  • (Score: 4, Interesting) by JoeMerchant on Tuesday August 13 2019, @03:42PM (6 children)

    by JoeMerchant (3937) on Tuesday August 13 2019, @03:42PM (#879720)

    Political Protests are "Illegal Events" ?

    Demanding Free Elections is an "Illegal Event" ?

    Laws are constructs of men, not nature. Slave auctions are only illegal because we have decided them to be. Protests have never been legal under many governments. Demanding free elections is just another form of protest.

    If Russia doesn't like the way information flows through the internet (via Google and any of millions of other sources) their option might be to get behind the Great Firewall with China and attempt to control their people that way.

    You would think their USSR/Berlin experience would have taught them something, but... maybe not.

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  • (Score: 1) by khallow on Tuesday August 13 2019, @04:26PM (3 children)

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday August 13 2019, @04:26PM (#879735) Journal
    Who is "Russia" in your post?

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 14 2019, @01:49AM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 14 2019, @01:49AM (#879924)

      The same Russia as in TFT(itle) and TFS(ummary).

      • (Score: 1) by khallow on Wednesday August 14 2019, @03:20AM

        by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday August 14 2019, @03:20AM (#879948) Journal
        In other words, Putin and stooges, right? When we start talking generically about what countries want to do, when the activities in question are actually steered by a small special interest group, then we're inaccurate in a very serious way.

    • (Score: 2) by DannyB on Friday August 16 2019, @02:31PM

      by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Friday August 16 2019, @02:31PM (#881086) Journal

      The Russia that must authorize Trump to sign the check to purchase Greenland.

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  • (Score: 2) by legont on Wednesday August 14 2019, @12:21AM (1 child)

    by legont (4179) on Wednesday August 14 2019, @12:21AM (#879901)

    Well, Russians may "flow information" during the US elections while the US may built a Great Censorship Wall.

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    • (Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Wednesday August 14 2019, @11:36AM

      by JoeMerchant (3937) on Wednesday August 14 2019, @11:36AM (#880078)

      We've all been "flowing information" since life forms developed senses.

      In human society lies, subterfuge and half-truths are best handled with full disclosure of sources, motivations, etc. Not that we will ever get that entirely, but it's an ideal to strive toward.

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