From Kosovo 1999 to Russia 2021: The ‘cheapfake’ photo trend fuelling dangerous propagandaIt's becoming more difficult to tell whether content is authentic or fakeWritten by Dren Gërguri8 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
New colonization in Russia’s Arctic threatens indigenous rightsThe state oppresses indigenous peoples in interests of private-sector capitalWritten by Transitions Online3 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
Serbian authorities accused of spying on visiting Russian citizens at behest of KremlinSerbia's lack of visa requirements appealed to Russian opposition membersWritten by Metamorphosis Foundation23 December 2021
Russia blocks access to Tor browser websiteRussia has the second largest number of Tor users globallyWritten by RuNet Echo8 December 2021
Campaign to brand Russian journalists and media ‘foreign agents’ picks up pace after electionsMore independent media outlets branded as ‘foreign agents’ in RussiaWritten by openDemocracy Russia3 October 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
Russia blocks popular website for worker complaintsAntijob received 4.5 million views online in 2020 aloneWritten by openDemocracy Russia14 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
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
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
Russian authorities crack down on student journalism outlet over protest explainer videoFour student editors face three-year prison sentencesWritten by Tanya Lokot26 April 2021
Israeli phone hacking firm stops sales to Belarus and RussiaCellebrite's tools were allegedly used to spy on opposition activistsWritten by Tanya Lokot7 April 2021
Twitter could be fully blocked in Russia within the next monthTwitter must comply with state's takedown requests to avoid blockingWritten by Tanya Lokot17 March 2021