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В кластер входят документы о государственных попытках ограничить доступ к интернет-ресурсам и ответных действиях владельцев сайтов, но не входят материалы о технических сбоях или общих правилах модерации контента.
Общие признаки: блокировка веб-сайтов, законодательные ограничения в интернете, протесты интернет-сообщества, цензура в РФ
Группа выше: Критика цензуры и сопротивление ей
Смысл: The text reports on a symbolic protest by Look At Media and other websites who temporarily shut down their services to warn the public and the government about the dangers of arbitrary website blocking laws in Russia.
Look At Media and several other Russian websites staged a one-hour blackout to protest against the 'arbitrary blocking' nature of anti-piracy laws.
Смысл: The text describes a coordinated protest by the Russian Wikipedia community against a specific government bill (No. 89417-6) that threatened internet freedom, using a site blackout to pressure legislators.
Russian Wikipedia editors organized a strike and site blackout in July 2012 to protest a State Duma bill threatening internet freedom.
Смысл: The text describes a 2013 incident in Ulyanovsk where a court ordered the blocking of several websites, including major media outlets like Gazeta.ru, under the pretext of preventing the 'promotion of bribery' and protecting state authority. It highlights the arbitrary nature of the block, the failure to notify the media houses, and the subsequent dispute between the prosecutor and Rostelecom regarding whether the block should have been total or limited to specific pages.
A court in Ulyanovsk ordered the total block of Gazeta.ru and other major media sites for allegedly promoting bribery, sparking a dispute between the prosecutor and Rostelecom over the extent of the censorship.