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YouTube Deletes Links to Navalny’s “SmartVote” Initiative and Suspends Channels That Promote the Project
YouTube is calling the links spam.
Facebook Bans Russia Today’s Berlin-Based News Outlet Redfish
Russia Today’s editor-in-chief says she will campaign to get Facebook banned in Russia if it doesn’t reinstate the page.
Russia’s Regulator Slams YouTube Censorship
Russia says YouTube censors non-Western “stances.”
WaPo Calls on President Biden to Protect Social Media Free Speech (Abroad)
Unlike what it calls for in the US.
Russia Threatens to Slow Down Twitter if It Refuses to Censor Pro-Protest Content
The Roskomnadzor threatens Twitter.
Amnesty International Revokes Alexei Navalny’s “Prisoner of Conscience” Status for “Hate Speech”
An organization that claims to support free speech is now letting so-called hate speech influence its decisions.
Twitter Bans State Accounts for “Undermining Faith in NATO” and Targeted the US and EU
Twitter announced the mass purge.
Governments Increasingly Use the Idea of COVID “Misinformation” to Suppress Speech and Dissent
It’s happening all over the world.
Tulsi Gabbard Calls on President Trump to Pardon Edward Snowden and Julian Assange
Gabbard is among the most vocal voices of support.
Russia Threatens to Ban YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter After They Censor Russian Media Outlets
One pro-censorship entity threatens to ban another.
Russia Accuses YouTube of Censorship
Officials say the video giant is violating the country’s constitution.
