Internet censorship in Russia soared last year as the government stepped up efforts to filter content online, a report by a rights group has said.
Titled “The Triumph of Censorship”, the report by Agora, a respected group of human rights lawyers, counted media reports and government statements about blocked web pages as well as prosecutions of people for what they posted online.
The group found incidents of Internet censorship increased from 1,019 in 2014 to 9,022 in 2015.
This included bans on online content issued by courts as well as similar decisions by government agencies that do not require court approval.
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Source: The Epoch Times
