YouTube and Instagram face Russian bans

[Jack Ryan]

YouTube and Instagram face being blocked by Russian internet service providers as a result of a standoff between one of the country's richest businessmen and an opposition leader.

Russia's internet censor blacklisted material on both services after a court ruled that it violated billionaire Oleg Deripaska's privacy rights.

However, Alexei Navalny has refused to remove the videos and photos, which he claims are evidence of corruption.

A Wednesday deadline has been set.

If neither Mr Navalny nor the US tech firms involved delete or otherwise block local access to the imagery by the end of the day, then Russia's ISPs will be required to take action themselves.

A group representing the industry has indicated that this could result in all local access to the social networks being curtailed since ISPs lack the facility to censor specific posts.

"It's impossible for internet providers to block certain pages on Instagram and YouTube," a spokeswoman for the Russian Association for Electronic Communications told the BBC.

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-43058399

[Jack Ryan]

Russia is leaving the rest of the civilized world and is ready to be sent back to the stone age.

[Space Merchant]

1 hour ago, Jay Witness said:

YouTube and Instagram face being blocked by Russian internet service providers as a result of a standoff between one of the country's richest businessmen and an opposition leader.

Russia's internet censor blacklisted material on both services after a court ruled that it violated billionaire Oleg Deripaska's privacy rights.

However, Alexei Navalny has refused to remove the videos and photos, which he claims are evidence of corruption.

A Wednesday deadline has been set.

If neither Mr Navalny nor the US tech firms involved delete or otherwise block local access to the imagery by the end of the day, then Russia's ISPs will be required to take action themselves.

A group representing the industry has indicated that this could result in all local access to the social networks being curtailed since ISPs lack the facility to censor specific posts.

"It's impossible for internet providers to block certain pages on Instagram and YouTube," a spokeswoman for the Russian Association for Electronic Communications told the BBC.

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-43058399

This was already evident. Now people will see why the Russians activist are always protesting, be it what the Kremlin says or the State Duma or the Russian Church, the Triads of Power within Mother Russia who runs everything, even the news media, thus blocking out outside broadcasting, the situation with VK and Telegram, etc.

Not to mention there overpowered device/software used by RU police and FSB to track down protesters, RU civilians, Alexei Navalny followers, Kremlin critics and opponents, Religious persons, etc, for such has even made Edward Snowden blush, in addition to his own remarks about what is used. To make it blunt and clear, NSA on steroids, so to speak.