"Fake news" against the Russian army: when some citizens support the authorities
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After Russian soldiers were sent to Ukraine on February 24, a law was passed on March 4 which prohibits “
discrediting the Russian armed forces
”, under a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison.
According to a report by the Internet and telecoms policeman, the reports made to him for non-compliance with this law have exploded.
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From our correspondent in Moscow,
25% more reports than last year at the same time: the Russian Internet policeman himself reveals this figure, in a report made public on his official site on Thursday 25 August.
Written requests on the Internet or by post, phone calls...
In total, there were exactly 144,835 steps in six months, notes Roskomnadzor, with a peak last March, when the law officially repressing false information about the army was voted.
It was also at a time when
the last independent Russian media were stopping all activity
in the country: Dojd television, already classified as a foreign agent last summer, radio Ekho Moskvy (Echo of Moscow) on March 3, the daily
Novaya Gazeta
on March 28...
Roskomnadzor does not specify the exact proportion of the reports, but notes that "
most of them concerned illegal information on the Internet and fakes on the special operation in Ukraine
".
► To read also: Russia is further increasing the pressure on the media
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