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Jun 4, 2024 · YouTube remains the only major US-based social media platform available in Russia. It's become "indispensable" to everyday people, making a ban tricky. Journalists and dissidents are taking...
- Justin Ling
Aug 8, 2024 · As Moscow has suppressed independent, Russian-language media, YouTube has remained a bastion of online freedom of expression, giving opposition figures a platform to air their views.
Mar 23, 2022 · But YouTube, the most popular social media platform in Russia—used by more than 75% of the country’s internet users according to eMarketer—remains accessible, even though it is an even more...
- Billy Perrigo
Aug 13, 2024 · In early August, YouTube playback speeds in Russia began plummeting to near-unusable levels. While the Russian authorities have publicly blamed Google’s supposedly aging infrastructure, independent experts have confirmed that the federal censorship agency
Jul 31, 2024 · Now officials are trying to push Russians off YouTube -- the Google-owned video streaming platform dominates not only in Russia, but around the world -- and onto other homegrown services.
Mar 16, 2021 · In the last 5 years, YouTube has established itself in Russia as an alternative to state TV, with a high level of political content among trending videos (Goncharov, 2017).
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May 26, 2022 · YouTube has remained in Russia to serve as a source of independent news, according to CEO Susan Wojcicki who spoke at the Davos World Economic Forum on Tuesday where she also addressed the...