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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: 3, Insightful) by janrinok on Tuesday August 13 2019, @05:41PM (1 child)

    by janrinok (52) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday August 13 2019, @05:41PM (#879758) Journal

    In contrast to previous protests, the authorities had approved this rally.

    Except that this protest was approved by the government. It seems that they are complaining about it being shown on YouTube - hence my choice of department.

    "interference in its sovereign affairs" and "hostile influence (over) and obstruction of democratic elections in Russia"

    which is exactly what has been claimed by some in the USA regarding the last presidential election.

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  • (Score: 2) by Username on Tuesday August 13 2019, @10:46PM

    by Username (4557) on Tuesday August 13 2019, @10:46PM (#879863)

    The problem I have is that the summary says protesters defied a crackdown on protests for free elections. Then later states that russia said it was legal for protesters to attend the protest. So what did russia crackdown on? How was this defying a crackdown when russia allowed the protest?