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Universal and Warner Music groups win case against VKontakte

February 12, 2016

Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group have claimed an important victory in their fight to stop copyright infringement by VKontakte, Russia’s largest social network and the country’s most popular provider of music. A Russian court has ruled that VKontakte must introduce technology to effectively prevent the unauthorised upload of the companies’ sound recordings on to …

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Russian online video platform ivi.ru raises $3.5 million from Buran Venture Capital

February 12, 2016

This past Friday Buran Venture Capital announced that it has invested $3.5 million in ivi.ru, a major online video streaming platform operating in Russia and neighboring Russian-speaking countries. The details of the transaction have not been disclosed. The capital injection will allow ivi.ru to “further development its video platform and strengthen its position on the mobile and …

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Russian police investigate Apple for “propagating homosexuality”

October 13, 2019

Officials in Russia’s Kirov region have brought an administrative case against Apple, the maker of the iPhone, for illegally promoting homosexuality, according to police documents published by the Russian news site Gazeta.ru. The evidence against Apple is the set of emojis included with iOS 8.3, which contains several images depicting families with same-sex parents, gay pride …

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Yandex opens commercial office in Shanghai

February 13, 2016

As a growing number of Chinese e-commerce companies are entering the Russian market, or considering to do so, Russian search giant Yandex has opened an office in Shanghai. Last week a company representative indicated that Yandex is renting office in a business center with several people, “but the staff will be expanded progressively as the number …

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Telegram now seeing 12 billion daily messages, up from 1 billion in February

February 14, 2016

Pro-privacy secure messaging app Telegram is seeing some impressive usage growth this year. Here at TechCrunch Disrupt SF founder Pavel Durov revealed on stage the platform is now seeing 12 billion messages sent daily — up from two billion back in May, and 1 billion in February. Its monthly active users figure remains around 60 million, as it was in May, so the …

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Russia’s online security second-worst in the world – Report

February 28, 2017

Russia suffered the second-largest number of confidential data leaks in the first half of this year but company employees themselves are to blame for most of them, the Kommersant business daily reported Tuesday. The analysis center of InfoWatch, a Moscow-based online security company, said more than 262 million personal data records had been compromised as …

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Snapchat acquires Looksery in reported $150 million deal

February 14, 2016

Yesterday Snapchat announced the launch of “Lenses,” a new feature that enables users to create a variety face effects while making selfies. These augmented reality filters will allow you to change eye or skin color, alter your face to remove blemishes or look thinner. Behind these new types of avatars is a technology developed by Looksery, a startup originated from Odessa, Ukraine, with offices in …

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Russia’s anti-monopoly watchdog threatens to fine Google

February 14, 2016

Russia’s anti-monopoly agency said Monday that Google Inc was abusing its market position in the country and would face penalties, in a case launched by local competitor Yandex. The Federal Anti-Monopoly Service (FAS) said Google had violated the law by pre-installing certain applications on mobile devices and could face penalties totaling up to 15 percent …

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Russian government hired people to hack the Tor browser – but they failed

February 14, 2016

A company hired by the Russian Interior Ministry to identify users of the Tor network, an anonymous Internet browser, has announced its plans to terminate its state contract without finishing the task. According to the Russian business daily Kommersant, the Russian Interior Ministry signed a series of contracts in 2013 and in 2014 with a company called “the …

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Snowden criticizes Russia for crackdown on Internet freedom

February 14, 2016

Edward Snowden, the U.S. intelligence leaker granted asylum in Russia in August 2013, has criticized his country of residence for its crackdown on Internet freedom and gay rights in a speech after receiving a Norwegian prize, British daily The Guardian reported Saturday. Snowden, 32, was awarded the Norwegian Academy of Literature and Freedom of Expression’s Bjornson prize for his work on the right to privacy, the report said. The former NSA contractor, who is …

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Russian Internet censorship: A journey into the belly of the Kremlin’s media watchdog

February 14, 2016

This summer, for a short while, pages on Reddit and Wikipedia were technically banned in Russia. While the ban targeted only individual pages of these popular websites, roughly a third of Russian Internet providers lacked the tools necessary to block specific content within a site built on the https protocol. As a result the entire Reddit and Wikipedia became inaccessible …

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