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Ukraine’s New Banned Websites Registry: Security Measure or Censorship Tool?


News of Ukraine’s new banned websites registry has Internet users worried. Images mixed by Tetyana Lokot.
When Ukraine’s Interior Minister announced the initiative to form a new cyberpolice unit on October 11, the focus of the media coverage—and of Minister Avakov’s statement—was very much on fighting online crime and beefing up the information security practices of the Ukrainian government. The launch was touted as successful, with over three thousand Ukrainians applying to join the cyberpolice force in the first 24 hours after the announcement. But amid the robust response to plans for the cybercrime unit, an arguably less popular element of …read more

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