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Belarus blocks access to Russian social network VKontakte
October 24, Pozirk. Belarus blocked access to the Russian social network VKontakte (VK) on Friday “based on the Committee for State Security submission,” according to the telecom watchdog BelGIE (BiełDIE).
Officials added the social network’s details to the list of restricted domain names without indicating the reason or duration for the blocking.
Last year, researchers from the National Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Sociology found that 22.2 percent of respondents in Belarus stated using VK.
The social network has often blocked “extremist” pages at the request of Minsk.
In 2023, VK silenced the Zerkalo news portal, the Viasna Human Rights Center, the Mediazona news website, Belsat TV and other independent voices in its system.
On October 21 and 22, the Militant Black Metal Shop group and the Doloy Lukashenko! (Down with Łukašenka!) community on VK were recognized as “extremist content” by Belarusian court decisions.
