Online and on all fronts : Russia's assault on freedom of expression /

Online and on all fronts : Russia's assault on freedom of expression /

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Author / Creator:Gorbunova, Yulia, author.
Imprint:[New York, N.Y.] : Human Rights Watch, [2017].
Description:1 online resource : color illustration
Language:English
Subject:
Freedom of expression -- Russia (Federation)
Freedom of speech -- Russia (Federation)
Social media -- Political aspects -- Russia (Federation)
Freedom of the press -- Political aspects -- Russia (Federation)
Censorship.
Civil rights -- Russia (Federation)
Human rights -- Russia (Federation)
Censorship.
Civil rights.
Freedom of expression.
Freedom of speech.
Human rights.
Social media -- Political aspects.
Russia (Federation)
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11339116
Related Items:Print version: Online and on all fronts : Russia's assault on freedom of expression.
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Varying Form of Title:Russia's assault on freedom of expression
Other authors / contributors:Human Rights Watch (Organization), publisher, issuing body.
Notes:"July 18, 2017"--Table of contents page.
Includes bibliographical references.
Online resource; title from PDF title page (Human Rights Watch, viewed July 31, 2017).
Summary:"This report documents Russian authorities' stepped-up measures aimed at bringing the internet under greater state control. Since 2012, Russian authorities have unjustifiably prosecuted dozens of people for criminal offenses on the basis of social media posts, online videos, media articles, and interviews, and shut down or blocked access to hundreds of websites and web pages. Russian authorities have also pushed through parliament a raft of repressive laws regulating internet content and infrastructure. These laws provide the Russian government with a broad range of tools to restrict access to information, carry out unchecked surveillance, and censor information the government designates as "extremist," out of line with "traditional values," or otherwise harmful to the public"--Publisher's description.
Other form:Print version: Gorbunova, Yulia. Online and on all fronts : Russia's assault on freedom of expression. [New York, N.Y.] : Human Rights Watch, 2017.
Table of Contents:
  • Summary
  • Recommendations: To the Government of the Russian Federation
  • To Russia's International Partners
  • Additional Recommendations to the Council of Europe, the European Union, and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
  • To Internet Companies Operating in Russia (such as Twitter, Facebook, Microsoft, Google, VK, etc.)
  • Methodology
  • Glossary/Abbreviations
  • I. Closing Civic Space: Mobilizing 'Patriotic' Sentiment and Branding Critics as Traitors
  • II. Timeline of Restrictive Laws: 2012: Creation of the Internet Blacklist Registry
  • 2013: "Gay Propaganda" Ban
  • Offending Religious Feelings of Believers
  • "Lugovoi" Law
  • Separatist Calls
  • 2014: "Bloggers' Law"
  • Media Ownership Laws
  • Rehabilitation of Nazism
  • 2015: Data Storage Law
  • 2016: "Yarovaya" Amendments
  • 2017: Law Regulating News Aggregators
  • Draft Law Banning VPNs and Internet Anonymizers
  • Draft Law Banning Anonymity for Users of Online Messenger Applications
  • III. Government Control of Mass Media: Formal and Informal State Control of Mass Media
  • Stifling Independent Media Outlets
  • RBC
  • TV Dozhd
  • TV2
  • IV. Internet Freedom and Online Censorship: The Role of the Internet in Russia's Media Landscape
  • Roskomnadzor
  • Internet "Blacklists"
  • "Child Protection" Blacklist
  • Lugovoi Blacklist
  • Pressure on Social Media, Online Messaging Apps, and News Aggregators: Targeting Online Messaging Apps
  • Targeting News Aggregators
  • Implications of the "Yarovaya" Amendments
  • Online Censorship in Practice: Blocking Critical Websites: Grani.ru, Kasparov.ru, Alexey Navalny blog, Ej.Ru
  • Rossiya 88
  • Open Russia and "March Against Hatred"
  • Public Control Group
  • Deti-404 Online Group
  • Jehovah's Witnesses
  • Artyom Loskutov
  • "There is No God"
  • V. Prosecution of Critics under Anti-Extremism Legislation: Stepped Up Use of Anti-Extremism Charges
  • Anti-extremism: The Legal Framework
  • Examples of Enforcement: from Politically Motivated to Absurd: Justification of Terrorism Charges: Alexei Kungurov, Tyumen
  • Charges of Insulting Religious Feelings of Believers: Ruslan Sokolovsky, Yekaterinburg
  • Torfyanka Park Defenders, Moscow
  • Maksim Kormelitsky, Berdsk
  • Charges of Separatism, Public Calls to Extremist Activities, and Incitement to Hatred: Andrey Bubeyev, Tver
  • Konstantin Zharinov, Chelyabinsk
  • Rafis Kashapov, Naberezhnye Chelny
  • Darya Polyudova, Krasnodar
  • Evgeny Kort, Moscow region
  • Ekaterina Vologzheninova, Ekaterinburg
  • Charges of Storage and Distribution of Extremist Materials: Dmitry Semyonov, Cheboksary
  • Charges of Rehabilitation of Nazism: Vladimir Luzgin, Perm
  • Use of Anti-Extremism Laws to Curb Free Expression in Crimea: Harassment of Lawyers Nikolai Polozkov and Emil Kurbedinov
  • Criminal Prosecution of Ilmi Umerov
  • Criminal Prosecution of Mykola Semena
  • VI. Access to Information: "Gay Propaganda" Ban: Elena Klimova, Nizhny Tagil
  • Sergei Alekseenko, Murmansk
  • VII. Russia's Human Rights Obligations
  • Acknowledgments.

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