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Russian regulator blocks Google News, cites Ukraine conflict – Interfax

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Russian regulator blocks Google News, cites Ukraine conflict – Interfax

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Interfax says Roskomnadzor, Russia's communications regulator, had acted on a request from the office of the prosecutor general.

Russia’s communications regulator has blocked the news aggregator service of Alphabet’s Google, accusing it of allowing access to what it calls fake material about the country’s military operation in Ukraine, Interfax news agency said on Wednesday, March 23.

“We’ve confirmed that some people are having difficulty accessing the Google News app and website in Russia and that this is not due to any technical issues on our end,” Google said in statement.

“We’ve worked hard to keep information services like News accessible to people in Russia for as long as possible.”

Interfax said Roskomnadzor, the regulator, had acted on a request from the office of Russia’s prosecutor general.

“The American online news resource in question provided access to numerous publications and materials containing inauthentic and publicly important information about the course of the special military operation on the territory of Ukraine,” Interfax quoted the regulator as saying.

A new Russian law makes it illegal to report any event that could discredit the Russian military. – Rappler.com

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