Push to increase Russia’s internet sovereignty fuels fears of creeping China-style controls
Russian authorities could gain powers to restrict access to US
Social Media sites found to discriminate against
Russian media, and to levy big fines on platforms that do not delete banned content, under bills passed by the parliament’s lower house.
The authors of the two bills said infractions by
YouTube and
Facebook demonstrated the need for the legislation, which is part of a push to increase Russia’s internet sovereignty and has fuelled fears of creeping China-style controls.