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

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: 2) by tangomargarine on Tuesday August 13 2019, @06:29PM

    by tangomargarine (667) on Tuesday August 13 2019, @06:29PM (#879774)

    Western tech companies censor these things and more, in peacetime, without legal threat, often with political motives or backing.

    Yeah, and that's stupid, too. Maybe it isn't a "legal threat" when some government dude asks you to pull something, but companies know to ask "how high".

    So why shouldn't the Russian government expect the likes of Google or Cloudfare to ban sites on demand?

    Because we don't come over *there* and dictate things we expect them to do?

    And that's not even getting into the idiocy of the idea to begin with, of trying to cover up public events in the 21st century, especially once they've gotten online.

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