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On 4 August 2016, a Moscow court ruled that LinkedIn must be blocked in Russia because it stores the user data of Russian citizens outside of the country, in violation of the new data retention law. This ban was upheld on 10 November 2016. [51] and the ban was officially issued by Roskomnadzor on 17 November 2016. [52]
Snapchat is a social media network that has been banned and/or otherwise restricted in various countries. Potential reasons for such bans include national security, user privacy, social control, protecting culture, reducing displays of behavior considered to be immoral, economic protectionism, protecting mental health (especially among youth), technological sovereignty, and regulatory compliance.
Russia's press agencies (including the most important Ria-Novosti and Itar-Tass) were also well represented in the Web. [31] In April 2008 Agence France-Presse noted that, "The Internet is the freest area of the media in Russia, where almost all television and many newspapers are under formal or unofficial government control". [35]
Many organizations were banned based on the Russian foreign agent law and Russian undesirable organizations law. Among them were Open Russia, National Endowment for Democracy, Open Society Foundations, U.S. Russia Foundation, International Republican Institute, Media Development Investment Fund and National Democratic Institute. [1]
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Russia's communications watchdog Roskomnadzor has reportedly added LinkedIn to a list of blacklisted websites.
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Federal List of Extremist Materials (Russian: Федеральный список экстремистских материалов, Federal'nyy spisok ekstremistskikh matyerialov) is a list of works that are banned in the Russian Federation, primarily based on the Russian Internet Restriction Bill.