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Facebook attempts to block Ukrainian far-right group over “hate speech”

Ukraine’s militaristic, far-right Azov movement and its various branches have used Facebook to promote its antidemocratic, ultranationalist messages and recruit new members since its inception at the start of the country’s war against Russia-backed separatists five years ago. The American social-networking giant has also been an important platform for Azov’s global expansion and attempts to legitimize itself …

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Leading Ukraine candidate fights “fakes with fakes” as Facebook tests new political ad rules

On a recent afternoon inside the digital campaign headquarters of Ukrainian comedian and presidential candidate Volodymyr Zelenskyy, around a dozen young volunteers sat glued to computer screens. Their task was twofold: to scour social media sites for impostor accounts and “fake news” about their candidate while trying to fend off armies of bots spreading negative …

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With 13 million users, Facebook is now Ukraine’s leading social network

PlusOne, a Kyiv (Kiev)-based communication agency, has just published a study on Facebook use in Ukraine. According to this study, the US social network attracts some 13 million users in the country monthly, which accounts for more than a half of total Internet audience (21.4 million). Notably, Facebook’s popularity in the country seems to have …

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Ukrainian users complain Facebook illegitimately removes posts about conflict in Azov Sea

In recent days, some Ukrainian Facebook users saw their posts removed due to “violation of community standards.” These posts were about the military events that took place in the Kerch Strait, the preparation of Russia’s military equipment near the Ukrainian borders, and Russian President Vladimir Putin. There was also an interview with Russian political analyst …

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Mail.Ru Group has lost 1.5% of its annual revenue after being banned in Ukraine

In its unaudited IFRS results made public last month, Mail.Ru Group, a leading LSE-listed Russian Internet group, has estimated “the negative effect of the blocking of its services in Ukraine in Q2 is around 1.5% of total revenues in 2017.” In mid-May, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko signed a decree applying sanctions to 468 legal entities …

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Ukraine bans leading Russian Internet sites

Confirming that the relations between Ukraine and Russia are currently at their lowest, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko yesterday signed a decree applying sanctions to 468 legal entities and 1,228 individuals from Russia. Among the targeted organizations are the two leading Russian Internet groups — Yandex and Mail.Ru Group — the services of which will be made …

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Ukrainian social media users get five years in prison for ‘supporting separatism’

A Ukrainian court sentenced two men to five years in prison for “supporting separatism” on the social media website VKontakte on February 6. The men, both residents of Sloviansk, were arrested by Ukraine’s Security Services in April 2015. They were convicted by a Sloviansk city court under an article of Ukraine’s penal code, “Infringement of the …

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Ukrainian information ministry asks Facebook for help to combat fake news

Last week Minister of Information Policy of Ukraine Yurii Stets appealed to Facebook to develop a verification mechanism to filter out fake news. The Ministry of Information Policy of Ukraine also promised to cooperate with Facebook – which is used by around 3 million Ukrainians on a daily basis – in tackling the problem of …

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Report: Three Ukrainians in four go online at least once a week

While the consumption of traditional media is diminishing, Internet use is on the increase in Ukraine, according to  “Media Consumption Survey. Ukraine 2016,” a report released last month by Internews Network in partnership with USAID. Covering 2015 and 2016, the report features data from all the Ukrainian regions, except Crimea and the areas under rebellion …

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Russian Prosecutor General accuses ‘Right Sector’ of using social media to stage mass unrest in Russia

In a new report, Russian Prosecutor General, Yuri Chaika, has publicly accused Ukrainian nationalist group ‘Right Sector’ of attempts to use the Internet to stage mass unrest in Russia, in a bid to overthrow the Russian government. The Prosecutor General claims that ‘Right Sector’ members used VKontakte, Russia’s leading social network, to create public pages …

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