Tanya LokotMonthly archive Eastern Europe Editor · Joined 4 February 2015 · 97 postsI am a researcher based in Dublin, Ireland. I study protest, digital media and internet freedom in Eastern Europe and beyond. @tanyalokot Email Tanya Lokot
Unfreedom Monitor Report: RussiaAn excerpt from Advox research on digital authoritarianism in RussiaWritten by Tanya Lokot25 August 2022
How Russia makes laws to support networked authoritarianismRussian legislation is creating an alternative reality of the internetWritten by Tanya Lokot15 April 2022
Court in Russia-occupied Crimea sentences freelance journalist to six years in prisonPress freedom advocates have been calling for Yesypenko’s immediate releaseWritten by Tanya Lokot17 February 2022
Russia rose to second place globally in Twitter content removal requestsRussian government entities made 10,448 takedown requestsWritten by Tanya Lokot29 January 2022
Belarusian cyberactivists claim railway system hack to protest Russian troop movementsRussian troops in Belarus heighten fears of possible Ukraine invasionWritten by Tanya Lokot25 January 2022
Google removes YouTube ads featuring interrogations of Belarusian political prisonersOpposition activists said the video ads violated YouTube's platform policiesWritten by Tanya Lokot4 January 2022
Russian censors block website of legal aid non-profit OVD-InfoOVD-Info is a key human rights defense project in RussiaWritten by Tanya Lokot27 December 2021
Belarus authorities block access to more independent media added to extremist listMedia crackdown in Belarus now targeting foreign outlets and readersWritten by Tanya Lokot5 November 2021
Ahead of September elections, Russia tightens grip on remaining online freedoms"It's going to get worse, as we all know."Written by Tanya Lokot16 September 2021
Investigative journalism group OCCRP says it will no longer work in RussiaMultiple OCCRP partners in Russia were designated as "foreign agents"Written by Tanya Lokot15 September 2021
Russian court issues bigger fines to social media companies for breaching data localization rulesSocial media giants have heretofore ignored Russia's data localization demands Written by Tanya Lokot26 August 2021
Blogger gets prison sentence for branding Kazakhstan's language policies “russophobic”Kazakhstan's history with Russian language and ethnic Russians is complicatedWritten by Tanya Lokot23 August 2021
More independent media added to Russia's “foreign agent” rosterDozhd and iStories join a host of other media and NGOsWritten by Tanya Lokot20 August 2021
Belarus court labels independent media outlets Tut.by, Zerkalo.io as ‘extremist’Tut.by had previously taken its social media archives offlineWritten by Tanya Lokot13 August 2021
Russian internet censor blocks Team Navalny websitesThe state designated Navalny’s movement and campaign networks as “extremist organizations”Written by Tanya Lokot26 July 2021
Team 29, Russia's most prominent legal defense group, shuts down under state pressureThe organisation has long been a thorn in Kremlin's sideWritten by Tanya Lokot21 July 2021
State escalates attacks on media freedom and civil society in BelarusLukashenka's crackdown on media and civil society reached unprecedented scaleWritten by Tanya Lokot20 July 2021
Top Belarusian media website removes social media posts to protect employeesBelarusian Interior Ministry wants to label the news portal as "extremist."Written by Tanya Lokot30 June 2021
Organiser of online map protest in Russia fined for crowdsourced obscenitiesVirtual rallies are a relatively new form of resistance in RussiaWritten by Tanya Lokot15 June 2021
New report highlights ongoing pressure on Ukrainian activists and rights defendersUkraine's civil liberties and human rights status remains precarious.Written by Tanya Lokot2 June 2021