Roskomnadzor announced that it “stands guard over freedom of speech and in every possible way prevents any manifestations of censorship”

Roskomnadzor announced that the agency “stands guard over freedom of speech and in every possible way prevents any manifestations of censorship.”

such a message The department published due to the fact that the materials from the Federal News Agency (FAN), which RBC associated with entrepreneur Yevgeny Prigozhin and the Troll Factory, an organization whose employees are paid for pro-Russian posts on social networks, disappeared from Google News service. comments on publications' websites.

It is noted that Roskomnadzor “expressed its concern to Google ” about this fact. on November 2 that FAN materials had disappeared from the service The agency itself reported . The agency also noted that it had turned to the head of Roskomnadzor, Alexey Zharov, for help.

Google confirmed that FAN materials no longer appear in the news aggregator results. At the same time, the company did not name the reasons for its decision: in response to a request from Mediazona with several questions, the press service sent the following answer: “ Google News sources are updated regularly. This site is not currently listed in Google News, but can still be found in Google Search."

The Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technologies and Mass Communications (Roskomnadzor) was created in 2008. The agency is responsible for issuing licenses to media outlets, as well as for blocking them. It is authorized to issue warnings to the media, and after two warnings within 12 months, Roskomnadzor has the right to go to court with a request to block the publication.

In October, three high-ranking department officials, including press secretary Vadim Ampelonsky, were placed under house arrest on fraud charges. According to Kommersant, according to the investigation, they received salaries not only from the department, but also from the Main Radio Frequency Center controlled by it. The head of this department is accused of embezzlement.