Neowin News Feed for: Roskomnadzor

Russian telecom overlord placed Steam Community on the list of prohibited websites

Martin Hodás — Wed, 28 Feb 2024 03:30:02 +0000

Roskomnadzor, the Russian internet censorship machine, listed the Steam community website among those banned in the country. However, once the word spread, the domain disappeared from the blacklist. Read more...

Russia's digital regulator has decided to block Facebook

Paul Hill — Fri, 04 Mar 2022 19:38:01 +0000

Russia has banned access to Facebook, according to the digital regulator Roskomnadzor. It comes after Facebook restricted some Russian news pages in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Read more...

Russia gives Google 24 hours to delete illegal content or be "throttled"

Subir Kathuria — Tue, 25 May 2021 01:56:01 +0000

Russia's Roskomnadzor internet commission has ordered Google to comply with its order of removing illegal content or face fines and have its services throttled in the country. It gave Google 24 hours. Read more...

Google may be fined in Russia for not following site-blocking rules

Usama Jawad — Sat, 03 Nov 2018 13:20:01 +0000

It appears that Google may be fined for not following Russia's site-blocking rule, which forces ISPs and search engines to connect to a database of blocked sites before displaying search results. Read more...

Russian watchdog considers unblocking Telegram in the country

Paul Hill — Tue, 28 Aug 2018 13:10:01 +0000

The Russian regulator, Roskomnadzor, has announced that it is willing to reconsider the block against Telegram in Russia, but only if Telegram meets its terms. Telegram seems unlikely to comply. Read more...

Russia has filed a lawsuit to block Telegram messaging app

Richard Tyr Blewitt — Fri, 06 Apr 2018 16:22:01 +0000

The Russian media regulator has filed a lawsuit against the messaging app Telegram after its parent company failed to hand over the encryption keys for the app. The app may be blocked as a result. Read more...

Telegram messenger blocks channel over pirated content

Paul Hill — Thu, 23 Nov 2017 04:38:01 +0000

A channel on Telegram has been blocked due to the illegal proliferation of copyrighted audio content. The move comes as the Russian IT watchdog starts allowing take down requests of copyrighted works. Read more...

Telegram agrees to register with Russian regulator but it won't share private data

Paul Hill — Thu, 29 Jun 2017 02:10:01 +0000

Telegram has agreed to register with the Russian regulator Roskomnadzor. The company won't infringe people's privacy and will only share basic information about the company with the regulator. Read more...