Facebook blocks page promoting opposition leader rally at Russias request Russia’s Internet watchdog is hard at work trying to quash social media mentions of a mass rally next month supporting opposition activist Alexei Navalny. A Facebook event page promoting a rally backing Navalny next month was set up after prosecutors on Friday asked for a 10-year jail sentence for the opposition leader on embezzlement charges that critics say are politically motivated. Since February, Navalny has been living under house arrest. See also: Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny could spend 10 years behind bars Navalny, a staunch critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin and an anti-corruption blogger who ran a failed mayoral campaign in Moscow last year, was a key figure in Russia’s anti-government protests in 2011-2012. Read more... More about Media, Facebook, Twitter, Internet, and Censorship ift.tt/1rdo3MF
Posted on: Mon, 22 Dec 2014 20:12:51 +0000
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