From 2016 to the present day, Russia is the country that has made the most attempts to censor the internet, as revealed by a recent report.
More than a month has passed since the invasion of Ukraine began and, as of today, the United Nations Organization (UN) registers more than 500 dead civilians and just over 900 wounded in Ukraine, although, according to the agency, the figure could be “considerably higher”.
Following the events in the Lugansk and Donetsk regions of Ukraine, Russia became the most sanctioned country in history with a total of 5,581 sanctionswhich, it should be noted, remain in force, according to information from Statista.
During this period, we have seen how various companies from different industries have joined the boycott against Russia as part of a global response that condemns the actions taken by the government led by Vladimir Putin.
However, Russia is also currently the country that has made the most attempts to censor the internet, according to the recent Transparency Report of Google.
According to what was published in said report, Russia has submitted about 19,000 requests for removal of more than 200,000 elements.
In recent years, as mentioned by the study, Russian government requests for content removal sent to Google have skyrocketed, which, of course, affect Google search, YouTube and Google News, among other products and services of the company. company.
However, it was in 2018 when these requests reached their peak and, currently, the country led by Vladimir Putin is the one that has requested the removal of content from Google the most, which shows that his government has not yet managed to fully master the Internet censorship.