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The prosecutor's office of the Vladimir region said that the lawsuit filed does not require blocking YouTube

2/24/2023, 4:33:19 PM

The prosecutor's office of the Vladimir region denied the information that appeared in the media that the lawsuit was filed with a request to block YouTube video hosting.


Earlier, information appeared in the media that the supervisory authority filed a lawsuit with the Leninsky District Court of Vladimir demanding to restrict access to YouTube.

“We do not block YouTube,” RIA Novosti quotes a statement from the prosecutor’s office.

It is clarified that the essence of the claim is currently being specified.

In January, Maksut Shadayev, head of the Ministry of Digital Development, said that the ministry was opposed to blocking YouTube in Russia, the position remained unchanged.