Digital content & Related technologies

Russian court orders to block site about AIDS for “denial of family values”

April 30, 2018 May 7, 2018

In a country where the AIDS epidemics is still spreading at an alarming pace — with 1.16 million infections officially reported by mid-2017, and more than 100,000 reported new cases each year — the Russian authorities have decided to ban a website, Parni+ (‘Guys+’), that provides the gay community with medical and social information about the disease. …

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Russia to ban websites that “compromise the honor” of Internet users

April 30, 2018 April 27, 2018

Russian censors may see their workload increase again with a new law coming into force against websites that “discredit the honor, dignity and business reputation of citizens and legal entities.” The law was signed President Vladimir Putin Monday last week. Internet resources can be banned following a court decision, should they refuse to remove the contentious content. Roskomadzor, …

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Russian startup builds decentralized marketplace to make VR content accessible to all

April 23, 2018 April 24, 2018

This story is an excerpt from an industry report on the Blockchain and ICO markets in Central and Eastern Europe, recently published by EWDN and ICObench. Over the last several years, augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) have have been regarded as promising segments in the entertainment industry, with all major technology firms vying …

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Russia’s Health Ministry wants a ban of online propaganda from ‘HIV dissidents’

April 17, 2018 April 19, 2018

As reported by business daily Kommersant, Russia’s Health Ministry has proposed legislation that would outlaw the publication of information that incites people to refuse medical treatment for HIV infections. The ban would also apply to propaganda for so-called “HIV dissidents” — people who believe the AIDS virus is a myth. Individuals who defy the law would face …

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Report: Russia ranks second in the world for digital piracy

March 27, 2018 March 29, 2018

With 20.6 billion visits to piracy sites in 2017, Russia ranks the second biggest consumer of digital piracy content in the world, suggests a report by Muso, a London-based global authority on digital piracy. The US tops the list with 27.9 billion visits to piracy sites last year. The listing also includes such countries as India …

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Startup with Russian roots aims to build “universal AR infrastructure” and deploy its “Digital Land” across the world

March 19, 2018 March 19, 2018

A startup named Arcona is developing a “universal augmented-reality infrastructure,” aiming nothing short of building “a blockchain ecosystem” and “an AR layer to merge together real and virtual worlds.” Arcona says its project makes use of the latest scientific achievements in the fields of computer vision, prototyping and neurobiology. It is building upon the technologies developed …

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Sexy ‘graft’ video may lead Russia to block Instagram, YouTube

February 13, 2018 February 13, 2018

Russia may block access to YouTube and Instagram after billionaire Oleg Deripaska won a court injunction against videos and photographs that showed him and Deputy Prime Minister Sergey Prikhodko relaxing on a yacht with a woman described as an escort. As reported by Bloomberg, the Russian court has ordered the removal of 14 Instagram posts and seven YouTube videos that …

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Twitter bans RT and Sputnik from advertising, RT denies any illegitimate activity

October 27, 2017 October 27, 2017

Twitter is banning advertising from all accounts owned by RT (Russia Today) and Sputnik effective immediately, after US investigators concluded the Russian media companies attempted to interfere in the 2016 presidential election, reports Bloomberg. This is one of the biggest changes made yet by social media companies who have been called to respond to the US government’s concerns. …

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How Telegram channeled Russia’s political intrigue

September 8, 2017 September 13, 2017

In January this year, Russia’s state-run television channel Rossia-24 aired a special report featuring an anonymous political blogger. His face was concealed behind a black mask and his voice artificially altered. Appearing on a wall-to-wall screen in front of a guest panel, the blogger explained he wasn’t interested in reaching a mass audience. He was publishing for …

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Russian Internet regulator reports increase in illegal online content

August 23, 2017 August 20, 2017

Roskomnadzor, the Russian telecom and Internet regulator, received more than 118,000 reports of illegal online content this year, the agency said earlier this month. In the first six months of 2017, the watchdog received roughly 39,000 complaints related to drugs and drug use and a similar number of notifications flagging illegal games online. Other categories included child …

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Western far-right groups started migrating to the Russian Internet after being banned on Facebook

August 22, 2017 August 20, 2017

There are already more than a hundred neo-Nazi groups with community pages on Vkontakte, Russia’s most popular social network. The groups’ subscribers are users in Russia, the U.S., Germany, Sweden, and other countries. There are also a few dozen hate groups on Vkontakte created and populated entirely by foreigners. Some of these pages have as …

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American neo-Nazi site finds no haven in Russia

August 17, 2017 August 17, 2017

Following last weekend’s violence by far-right groups Charlottesville, a number of technology companies are taking steps to boot neo-Nazis and other hate groups off their services. Among them are security service provider Cloudflare and Internet domain registrar GoDaddy, which abruptly stopped serving the American neo-Nazi website The Daily Stormer. The site sought a haven in Russia, but it was …

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