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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: 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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