NEWSLINK: “The Russian government blocks Navalny’s website, as Instagram caves to the censor’s demands and YouTube wavers” – Meduza

Montage of Instagram, Twitter and Facebook Logos, adapted from image at nps.gov

“When the dust finally settled, the morning after Valentine’s Day, it was Instagram – not YouTube – that had complied with orders from Russia’s federal censor to delete content flagged as a privacy violation by a court in Ust-Labinsky. On February 9, Instagram was given three weekdays to delete 14 posts uploaded by a self-described escort who calls herself ‘Nastya Rybka’ (her real name is Anastasia Vashukevich). The posts contained photos and videos showing oligarch Oleg Deripaska, who is suing Vashukevich for violating his privacy. Before the February 14 deadline, Vashukevich actually removed most of the content herself. On Valentine’s Day, Instagram deleted the final two posts named in Deripaska’s lawsuit. What happened with YouTube? …”

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