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