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| Head of the Russian Human Right Council calls Google the main tool of global censorship | |
| 2024-03-04 | |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] Google is the main instrument of censorship in the world, and it needs to be countered with an alternative, said Valery Fadeev, head of the Presidential Council for the Development of Civil Society and Human Rights (HRC), on March 3.
“Digitalization, social networks, search engines - this is a new form of censorship. We all Google. Google is the world's leading censorship tool. Have we done anything against Google? - said Fadeev. As Regnum reported, in June 2023, State Duma deputy Anton Gorelkin noted that it is currently not possible to block YouTube video hosting in the Russian Federation. The platform is hostile, but there is no alternative to it, since Google has been embedded in Russia's digital infrastructure for years, the deputy said. In December 2023, the Tagansky Court of Moscow imposed another fine on Google in the amount of 4.6 billion rubles for repeated failure to delete information, access to which should be limited. Among other things, these are fakes about a special operation in Ukraine and publications on LGBT topics (an organization whose activities are prohibited in the Russian Federation). The World Youth Festival, organized by Rosmolodezh, is taking place in Sochi. 20 thousand people from 190 countries of the world take part in it, including a thousand schoolchildren. 1,500 speakers will speak to festival participants. The event is held in accordance with the decree of President Vladimir Putin in order to develop international youth cooperation. The head of state declared the festival open on March 2. | |
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