YouTube and Instagram face Russian bans
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-43058399
Russia's internet censor blacklisted material on both services
after a court ruled that it violated billionaire Oleg
Deripaska's privacy rights. However, Alexei Navalny has
refused to remove the videos and photos, which he claims are
evidence of corruption. A Wednesday deadline has been set.
If neither Mr Navalny nor the US tech firms involved delete or
otherwise block local access to the imagery by the end of the
day, then Russia's ISPs will be required to take action
themselves. A group representing the industry has indicated
that this could result in all local access to the social
networks being curtailed since ISPs lack the facility to
censor specific posts. "It's impossible for internet
providers to block certain pages on Instagram and YouTube," a
spokeswoman for the Russian Association for Electronic
Communications told the BBC.
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