Most of the websites on the blacklist are those of Ukrainian media. Images mixed by Tetyana Lokot.
Internet blacklists are a common occurrence in countries like Russia and Belarus, and now officials of the self-proclaimed “Donetsk People’s Republic” in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine have decided to join the club. Their newly-minted blacklist consists mostly of Ukrainian news websites which “DPR” authorities believe to contain “information banned in the republic.”
On June 30 the “members of parliament” of the unrecognized separatist state unanimously voted to pass a new law “On information and information technologies.” Among other things, the law introduces a …read more
Source: Global Voices
