{"id":61671,"date":"2024-01-18T12:16:19","date_gmt":"2024-01-18T09:16:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=61671"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"opposition-leader-asks-google-to-help-belarusian-independent-media","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/61671\/","title":{"rendered":"Opposition leader asks Google to help Belarusian independent media"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>January 18, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja asked Annette Kroeber-Riel, vice-president at Google, to consider the needs of Belarusian journalists and civil society, the politician&#8217;s aide Franak Via\u010dorka told <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The January 17 meeting took place on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It focused on the localization of Google services, the availability of Google tools for the media and civil society, and Belarusian content for users in Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cichano\u016dskaja suggested organizing training for Belarusian journalists and civil society activists and adding Belarusian interface to the Gmail service, Via\u010dorka said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The politician plans to meet with Google executives again at the Munich Security Conference next month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier this month, reports said that the European Commission urged Google and other major tech companies to help independent Belarusian media &#8220;by promoting their stories higher than those published by pro-regime outlets.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 18, Pozirk. 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