Google, YouTube to get updates on Russia-banned sitesNovember 3, 2012 - 14:25 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Google and YouTube will receive updates regarding information banned within Russia, the country's communications oversight agency said, according to RIA Novosti. The agency’s press release confirmed that Google Inc and YouTube LLC had formally agreed “to receive information from the register regarding content banned in Russia.” The register detailing ‘blacklisted’ sites and content that is banned in Russia was launched by the agency on Thursday. The zapret-info.gov.ru site will consider complaints lodged by members of the public, who can submit screenshots and URLs of the offending sites. Cooperation between the agency and international companies had already been sketched out before the law came into force. “The company’s email address is included in the mail-out regarding links added to the register,” the press release said. In the first 24 hours of its existence, the site logged over 5,000 complaints regarding offensive content, 96 percent of which were rejected after consideration. Of the initial complaints, 10 sites were kept on the list as they contained child pornography, 40 complaints were passed to the drugs control authorities, and 23 to the consumer affairs watchdog. Top stories Yerevan will host the 2024 edition of the World Congress On Information Technology (WCIT). Rustam Badasyan said due to the lack of such regulation, the state budget is deprived of VAT revenues. Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls. Gurgen Khachatryan claimed that the "illegalities have been taking place in 2020." Partner news Most popular in the section | Welcome to CaseKey 2024. Byblos Bank Armenia firmly stands by future innovators Strategic business cases, invaluable experience, innovative approaches and more than 25 events are in store for the participants of CaseKey 2024. Macron honors Charles Aznavour on 100th anniversary French President Emmanuel Macron has paid tribute to the memory of French-Armenian crooner Charles Aznavour. Erdogan’s approval rating falls below 40 percent: survey A total of 53.4 percent of respondents said they disapprove of the performance of Erdoğan. Blinken says U.S. reviewing a number of aid requests from Armenia He said the U.S. is reviewing the requests to determine what more it can do to increase its assistance to Armenia. |