Roskomnadzor blocked the world's largest GitHub IT-HOSTING

Roskomnadzor blocked the world's largest GitHub IT-HOSTING, according to the department Twitter. The reason was seven pages containing prohibited information.

Github communicates from around the world. They post the software code, documentation, monitor errors, collect user reviews on millions of projects. Due to the importance of the resource, the HTTPS encryption protocol is used there. Thus, it is impossible to block part of the hosting. Therefore, it was completely blocked in Russia.

“Somewhere among millions of projects there were files, it seems like with descriptions of suicide methods. As you know, among many tens of thousands of daily uploaded files, it is impossible to accidentally look for these - so, most likely, the same one who posted the files themselves submitted the application,” writes one of the users, programmer Yuri Mironenko.

On Monday, VIMEO video hosting was blocked on the territory of Russia for the Islamic State video posted there. The resource was not included in the official register of prohibited sites. However, according to users of a number of providers Ryazan and Bryansk, instead of built -in rollers and the service itself, the message appeared: "Blocked by decision of the federal executive bodies."

The site was blocked at the request of the Prosecutor General’s Office, the press secretary of Roskomnadzor Vadim Ampelonsky explained to the publication. The reason for the lock was materials from the film "Flame of War", shot by the Islamic State terrorist group. The video in Turkish appeared on video hosting almost a year ago.

According to Ampelonsky, the requirements of the Prosecutor General’s Office are, including due to the fact that there is part of the population in Russia that speaks this language. The authorities are opposed to the influence of recognized by extremist rollers on such people.

On Tuesday, Roskomnadzor unlocked Vimeo after the administration of the resource of prohibited materials by the administration. This was announced by Deputy Head of Roskomnadzor Maxim Ksenzov. "Vimeo has been unlocked. The information was deleted by the resource administration. It has reached the fourth time," he wrote on Twitter.