Interior Ministry to help telecom regulator fight online violationsRussia’s Interior Ministry will help the telecommunications regulator, Roskomnadzor, expose online violations, an official ministry spokesperson told RIA Novosti.12:19 31.07.2014
Moscow City Court upholds blocking Navalny’s blogThe Moscow City Court has upheld a ruling that blocked opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s Live Journal blog, a RAPSI correspondent reports from courtroom.13:42 28.07.2014
Russian lawmaker proposes law to fight fake social media accountsState Duma lawmaker Alexei Chepa (A Just Russia) has drafted a law to fight social media accounts, Izvestia newspaper writes on Thursday.11:57 24.07.2014
Online sellers ordered to store Russians’ personal data in RussiaOn Wednesday, the Federation Council approved a law binding foreign online companies that sell plane tickets and consumer goods in Russia, as well as social networking sites, to store Russians’ personal data in Russia.15:41 09.07.2014
Foreign Ministry qualifies alleged Russian scammer's arrest as abductionThe arrest of Russian national Roman Seleznev on the Maldive Islands is an unfriendly move, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement, adding that it is not the first time that the United States “has actually abducted a Russian national.”14:30 08.07.2014
Russian point-of-sale hacker arrested in USThe US Secret Service has arrested a Russian national suspected of hacking into point-of-sale systems at US retailers, AP announced on Monday night, citing Jenny Durkan, the US attorney for the Western District of Washington.11:44 08.07.2014
Internet poker could be legalized in Russia - reportFirst Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov has instructed the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry for Economic Development and the Ministry of Justice to look into the possibility of legalizing online poker, Kommersant reports this Wednesday citing government sources.14:04 03.07.2014
New York appeals court says cyberbullying is not against law - reportThe New York State Court of Appeals on Tuesday ruled that cyberbullying is not a crime and does not infringe on constitutional rights, The New York Post writes.16:25 02.07.2014
Prosecutors will not categorize internet major Yandex as media outletThe Prosecutor General’s Office has ruled that the activity of Yandex, the operator of Russia’s largest search engine, is in full compliance with Russian law and is not required to register as a media outlet, Kommersant newspaper writes, citing a source close to the Kremlin.11:17 02.07.2014
Telecom regulator unblocks major Russian torrent trackersThe Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media (Roskomnadzor) has unblocked torrent tracker Rutracker.ru and several other torrent resources after they deleted pirated content, the regulator announced on its website.12:58 01.07.2014
Russia introduces harsher punishment for inciting extremism on internetPresident Vladimir Putin has signed a bill into law introducing harsher punishment for inciting extremist activities on the internet.14:40 30.06.2014
Twitter agrees to block access to extremist accounts in RussiaMicroblogging service Twitter Inc. has agreed to block access in Russia to accounts of about a dozen extremist organizations, including Ukraine’s Right Sector, head of the telecom regulator Roskomnadzor Alexander Zharov told journalists.17:27 23.06.2014
Supreme Court upholds Rambler Internet Holding’s non-disclosure fineRussia’s Supreme Commercial Court will not review a lower court’s decision to impose a 500,000 ruble ($14,465) fine on Russian Rambler Internet Holding for its refusal to provide information on online correspondence, the court told RAPSI on Tuesday.16:52 17.06.2014
Trial over websites containing pirated versions of Game of Thrones set for July 10The Moscow City Court on July 10 will begin the trial of a lawsuit demanding to block 15 sites that distribute the pirated versions of the popular western series including four seasons of the Game of Thrones, the court told RAPSI on Tuesday.14:49 17.06.2014
Opposition-minded online newspaper demands that court unblock its siteThe online newspaper Kasparov.ru has filed a suit with the Khamovnichesky Court in Moscow to overturn the decisions of the Prosecutor General’s Office and Roskomnadzor, which led to the blocking of the newspaper’s website, the plaintiff’s lawyer, Damir Gainutdinov, told RIA Novosti.13:46 11.06.2014
Tajik authorities again block YouTubeAccess to the YouTube video hosting service was partially blocked in Tajikistan on Tuesday, the chairman of the Tajik Association of Internet Providers, Asomiddin Atoev, told RIA Novosti.10:19 11.06.2014
US authorities charge Russian national with hackingThe US Justice Department on Monday charged a Russian national, Evgeniy Bogachev, with committing cybercrimes, Reuters reports.10:22 03.06.2014
Russian social media mogul Pavel Durov sues ex-partners over Telegram messengerThe founder of Russian social network VKontakte, Pavel Durov, has filed a suit with a US court in which he accuses his former partners at United Capital Partners (UCP) of fraud and attempted extortion with respect to the Telegram messenger.10:33 02.06.2014
EU citizens can now conceal their personal data from Google searchLast night, Google launched a new service for EU residents that allows concealing web pages with personal data from search results, AFP reports.11:00 30.05.2014
Russian company sues US firm over Cyrillic domain name registration issuesSamara, Russia based Legato has filed a lawsuit with the Samara Region Commercial Court, requesting that US company Public Interest Registry be banned from registering zona.org (зона.орг) Cyrillic domain names, citing available registered trademarks.15:28 29.05.2014