Russia: Yaroslavl Court Bans LiveJournal

    Date: 
    20 July 2012

    Russian authorities have ordered Internet provider Netis Telekom to shut off access to various blogs, including popular microblogging platform Livejournal. The Russian authorities found a neo-nazi blog on the website, and ordered the "the filtration of the specific blog," which led to the shutting down of the IP address that happens to be the portal to the entire Livejournal site.