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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 tangomargarine on Tuesday August 13 2019, @06:26PM (4 children)

    by tangomargarine (667) on Tuesday August 13 2019, @06:26PM (#879773)

    Multiple YouTube channels broadcast the event live.

    Reporting on something happening is not the same thing as "promoting" it (or at least it shouldn't be; our news corporations in the U.S. aren't so good at that).

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

    So their grounds to stop people from reporting on it is evidently the Stop Making Us Look Bad By Reporting Facts Act of 1917.

    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".

    Oh that's fucking rich. Now Russia is complaining *we're* interfering in *their* affairs? Go fuck yourself, Putin.

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    I guess at least this hasn't reached maximum dumbness like certain other groups claiming that Google merely acknowledging the existence of things in search results is an outrage, which is what I was expecting when I started reading the summary.

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  • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 13 2019, @07:27PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 13 2019, @07:27PM (#879804)

    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".

    Oh that's fucking rich. Now Russia is complaining *we're* interfering in *their* affairs? Go fuck yourself, Putin.

    And they have apparently not heard of the Streisand effect. Honestly, I probably wouldn't have even heard of this, except that Putin's goons are now complaining about it.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 14 2019, @12:26AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 14 2019, @12:26AM (#879905)

    The US does not "interfere". The US "changes the regime".

  • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Wednesday August 14 2019, @02:06AM (1 child)

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday August 14 2019, @02:06AM (#879925) Journal

    Now Russia is complaining *we're* interfering in *their* affairs? Go fuck yourself, Putin.

    Honestly, it was US that started the complaining (large grin)

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    • (Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Wednesday August 14 2019, @04:11PM

      by tangomargarine (667) on Wednesday August 14 2019, @04:11PM (#880294)

      I don't care who started it. If you're doing the exact same thing, you don't get to complain about it.

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