“In 2024, more than 417 thousand Internet sites were blocked in Russia, which became a record indicator for the whole time.”, – WRITE: epravda.com.ua
In 2024, more than 417 thousand Internet sites were blocked in Russia, which became a record indicator for the whole time. About it reports The Moscow Times with reference to the register “Roskomswand”. In total, access was restricted to 523 thousand resources, of which about 106 thousand were later unlocked. For comparison, in 2023, the restrictions on 571 thousand pages, but only 197 thousand of them remain closed. The number of sites blocked in 2024 and is still inaccessible, twice the previous year and five times in 2022. The level of unblock also decreased significantly: if in 2022 access was restored to 183 thousand resources, in 2023 – up to 374 thousand, then in 2024 – only up to 106 thousand. Advertising: in 2024 the largest number of blocking was initiated by the Federal Tax Service, according to its requests Restricted access to 142 thousand resources. Roskomnadzor with more than 132 thousand blocks was second. The third place is occupied by the “untouched state body”, at which more than 62 thousand pages were blocked. Courts, including Moslaud, contributed to the blocking of more than 60,000 sites, of which about 50,000 were restricted at the initiative of the Mosla House. Since the end of 2022, the Roskomnadzor register appeared the category “Unknown State Organ”, which, according to experts, can replace the mention of the Prosecutor General’s Office. It is noted that more than 85% of blocking in 2024 was made without court decisions. Advertising: Recall that the Ministry of Censifters and the body of censorship of the Russian Federation Roskomnadzor discusses the possibility of imposing restrictions on calls in messengers allegedly due to the transition of fraudsters there. Roskomnadzor blocked the popular Viber messenger. The decision was made in connection with the violation of the legislation. Signal messenger users from Russia have problems with the service. From July to September 2024, Apple deleted 60 VPN applications from the Russian App Store, when in total 98 applications for circumventing blocking are not available.