2019-03-19 | By newsstory | 180 Hits

President Vladimir Putin has signed legislation enabling Russian authorities to block websites and hand out punishment for fake news and material deemed insulting to the state or the publicAccording to The Voice of America the two bills that critics see as part of a Kremlin effort to increase control over the Internet and stifle dissent were signed by the president on March 18 according to posts on the government portal for legal informationThe new legislation allows the authorities to block websites or internet accounts that publish what they >>READ MORE