{"id":35351,"date":"2025-07-19T14:57:24","date_gmt":"2025-07-19T11:57:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/?p=35351"},"modified":"2025-07-21T10:23:04","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T07:23:04","slug":"russia-will-punish-searching-for-wrong-materials-on-the-internet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/results\/rf-en\/russia-will-punish-searching-for-wrong-materials-on-the-internet\/","title":{"rendered":"russia will punish searching for &#8220;wrong&#8221; materials on the internet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On July 17, russia\u2019s state duma passed an amendment that introduces penalties for intentionally searching online for materials deemed \u201cextremist,\u201d even if accessed through a VPN.<\/p>\n<p>\u25ab\ufe0f The amendment was hidden inside a draft law on transport and logistics activities, allowing it to pass without public discussion.<\/p>\n<p>\u25ab\ufe0f This new mechanism enables authorities to punish not only the dissemination of information but even mere interest in content that does not align with the government\u2019s stance \u2014 including attempts to search for it. It is part of a broader \u201cdigital autocracy\u201d strategy aimed at isolating the population from independent sources and turning any search for alternative viewpoints into an administrative offense.<\/p>\n<p>These moves align with other kremlin initiatives, such as proposed regulations for mass mobile internet shutdowns without court orders, further deepening russia\u2019s information blockade and restrictions on free speech.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On July 17, russia\u2019s state duma passed an amendment that introduces penalties for intentionally searching online for materials deemed \u201cextremist,\u201d even if accessed through a VPN. \u25ab\ufe0f The amendment was hidden inside a draft law on transport and logistics activities, allowing it to pass without public discussion. \u25ab\ufe0f This new mechanism enables authorities to punish&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":35352,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"default","_kad_post_title":"default","_kad_post_layout":"default","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"default","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"default","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","wds_primary_category":930,"footnotes":""},"categories":[930],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rf-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35351"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35351\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}