In February, Yulia Navalnaya launched a campaign for the freedom of the Russian internet ...

In February, Yulia Navalnaya launched a campaign for the freedom of the Russian internet — iamonline.io

Back then, we announced and began carrying out the plan: to name the organizers of the blocks by name, prepare a sanctions list of people and companies, seek a reaction from big tech, and demand the removal of the messenger app “Max” from app stores. The FBK IT department also prepared an expert report on internet censorship in Russia — for analysis and the study of possible solutions to the problem of blocking.

In June, the state messenger “Max” was removed from the App Store, and this week the European Union finally imposed sanctions against VK, the legal entity behind “Max,” and participants in the internet censorship system, including people and companies from our list, which we had sent to sanctions authorities in different countries.

💚 These are important successes. Sanctions make it harder to develop surveillance and blocking tools, interfere with efforts to force a fully state-controlled messenger on Russians, and complicate the state’s attempts to completely block means of communication it does not control.

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