Roskomnadzor
Russian government agency
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| February 2023 | Belarusian Cyberpartisans hacked and leaked Roskomnadzor data to journalists, exposing surveillance and censorship programs and methods to discredit journalists. |
| April 2022 | Roskomnadzor drew up a legal protocol against TikTok and successfully obtained a court ruling in Moscow that fined the social media platform two million rubles (approximately US$27,000) for failing to remove content related to the LGBT community. |
| April 2022 | Roskomnadzor fined Google more than 7 billion rubles (approximately US$94 million) for failing to remove content that the agency claimed was illegal from YouTube. |
| April 28 2022 | Twitter was fined 3 million rubles (US$41,000) by Roskomnadzor after being sued for not removing content with instructions on preparing and using Molotov cocktails against Russian armored vehicles. |
| April 23 2022 | Roskomnadzor blocked the online chess website Chess.com in Russia due to two articles critical of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the website's replacement of Russian users' flags. The entire website was blocked because it uses HTTPS protocol, despite the general prosecutor's office initially only requesting removal of two specific articles. |
| March 31 2022 | Roskomnadzor made further threats to block Wikipedia, demanding removal of 'misinforming' information about the invasion, with potential fines up to 4 million rubles. |
| March 21 2022 | Roskomnadzor took further action after a court ruled Meta Platforms guilty of 'extremist activity', blocking access to Facebook and Instagram (but not WhatsApp) following a dispute over content moderation related to the invasion of Ukraine. |
| March 10 2022 | 820 GB of Roskomnadzor data was leaked and published by the hacking group Anonymous during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. |
| March 4 2022 | Roskomnadzor blocked access to Facebook in response to restrictions imposed on Russian state media outlets. |
| March 1 2022 | Roskomnadzor again slowed access to Twitter, accusing the platform of not removing what it claimed were 'fake posts' about the 'special operation'. |
| March 1 2022 | Roskomnadzor threatened to block Russian Wikipedia over the article 'Russia's invasion of Ukraine (2022)', claiming the article contained 'illegally distributed information' about casualties. |
| February 26 2022 | Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Twitter reported restricted access for some users in Russia. |
| 2021 | Roskomnadzor fined seven social media companies (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, VKontakte, Odnoklassniki, and YouTube) for not removing pro-Navalny protest videos. |
| March 10 2021 | Roskomnadzor began 'slowing down' Twitter for users in Russia, citing the platform's failure to remove content deemed illegal by the Russian government. This action caused widespread disruptions, affecting key websites, commercial services, and access to platforms like Yandex, Google, YouTube, and over 48,000 hosts with 't.co' domain names. |
| June 2020 | Roskomnadzor officially abandoned its efforts to block Telegram, effectively ending its prolonged attempt to restrict the messaging app in Russia. |
| December 2019 | Media criticized Roskomnadzor for recruiting experts with pseudo-scientific and sectarian backgrounds to analyze publications, including three experts who assessed a rapper's lyrics for alleged 'mutagenic effect' and 'satanic influence'. |
| June 2019 | Roskomnadzor published its first iteration of a 'list of information resources' accused of spreading unreliable information, including social media groups and media websites. |
| April 16 2018 | Roskomnadzor ordered Russian Internet Service Providers to block access to Telegram, demanding encryption keys for users' chats. The agency used mass IP address blocking, which impacted major hosting providers like Amazon and disrupted hundreds of Russian internet services. |
| August 25 2015 | Due to HTTPS encryption, all Wikipedia language versions were effectively blocked in Russia during the night. |
| August 24 2015 | Roskomnadzor included the charas Wikipedia article in the list of forbidden materials sent to Russian Internet providers. |
| August 18 2015 | Roskomnadzor blacklisted a Russian Wikipedia article about charas (a narcotic substance), claiming it contained drug propaganda. |
| April 5 2013 | Roskomnadzor blacklisted Russian Wikipedia over the article 'Cannabis smoking', marking their first known enforcement action against Wikipedia. |
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