VKontakte blocked the page of the publication “That’s So”

The social network “VKontakte”, at the request of the Prosecutor General’s Office, blocked the page of the publication “That’s So”, a Russian-language project of the Polish channel “Belsat”. About this in the media telegram channel.

reported The exact reasons for the blocking are unknown - presumably, restricting access to the page may be related to anti-war publications.

On the first day of the war with Ukraine, at the request of the Prosecutor General’s Office, Roskomnadzor blocked the website of the publication “That’s So.”

• On February 24, Roskomnadzor ordered the media to write about the war in Ukraine only with reference to official Russian sources. Journalists were also prohibited from calling the “Russian special operation” an attack, invasion, or declaration of war. Otherwise, the supervisory authority threatened with blocking and fines of up to five million rubles. demanded - Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, VKontakte has been massively blocking the pages of opposition activists, politicians, journalists, as well as the public pages of publications. In addition, Roskomnadzor sites and groups of independent media, activist projects and other resources. Since February 24, Roskomnadzor has banned access to the websites of Mediazona, Meduza, Dozhd, Echo of Moscow, The Village, 7x7, TJ, Taigi.info, Paper and other publications. According to Roskomsvoboda, as of May 5, Roskomnadzor has already blocked more than 3,000 sites. blocks data