{"id":105855,"date":"2024-09-20T15:40:18","date_gmt":"2024-09-20T12:40:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/105855\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"belarus-blocked-more-than-5000-online-information-sources-minister","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/105855\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarus blocked more than 5,000 online information sources &#8211; minister"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/pressa_global_look_press.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/pressa_global_look_press.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/pressa_global_look_press-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/pressa_global_look_press-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/pressa_global_look_press-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/pressa_global_look_press-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Global Look Press)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>September 20, <\/strong><em><strong>Pozirk<\/strong><\/em><em>.<\/em> Belarus has recognized as extremist and restricted access to more than 5,000 online information sources, Information Minister Marat Marka\u016d told a conference on international election standards in Minsk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Overall, it blocked more than 14,000 online sources, he said, Russia&#8217;s <em>Sputnik<\/em> reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>About 400 sources were blocked between January 2015 and January 2020, he said. Afterward, the number of blockings spiked by a factor of 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;These figures tell us that our opponents are spending colossal money to unsettle Belarus informationally, not that our information ministry is evil,&#8221; Marka\u016d said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Reprisals: at least 17 arrested during raids in Viciebsk, Brest regions<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">September 20, Pozirk. Pro-government sources reported on September 19 arrests of at least 12 people, including activist and local history enthusiast Pavie\u0142 \u0141a\u016drynovi\u010d, in H\u0142ybokaje, Viciebsk region. Another raid in Stolin, Brest region, resulted in five arrests allegedly linked to &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/105804\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>September 20, Pozirk. Belarus has recognized as extremist and restricted access to more than 5,000 online information sources, Information Minister Marat Marka\u016d told a conference on international election standards in Minsk. Overall, it blocked more than 14,000 online sources, he said, Russia&#8217;s Sputnik reported. 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