{"id":83168,"date":"2024-05-02T13:48:18","date_gmt":"2024-05-02T10:48:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/83168\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"minsk-prosecutors-request-180-extremist-content-designations-since-january-2023","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/83168\/","title":{"rendered":"Minsk prosecutors request 180 &#8220;extremist&#8221; content designations since January 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/prokuratura_minska.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/prokuratura_minska.jpg 700w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/prokuratura_minska-315x236.jpg 315w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/prokuratura_minska-653x490.jpg 653w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n      <div class=\"block-image__descr\">\n\n        Minsk Prosecutor&#039;s Office\n    <\/div>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(wikimapia.org)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>May 2, <em>Pozirk<\/em>. <\/strong>Since January 2023, the Minsk Prosecutor\u2019s Office has forwarded more than 180 case files to courts requesting extremist content designations for websites and social media pages, its press office said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Courts reportedly granted more than 160 such requests, blacklisting 104 Telegram channels and chats, 25 TikTok accounts, 26 YouTube channels, 24 Facebook communities, 20 websites, 17 Instagram pages, 11 information products as well as six visual materials, including logos, images and digital watermarks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Authorities in Belarus have equated criticism, solidarity, advocacy, free media and free expression to extremism and terrorism.<\/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\/04\/mid_germanii_logo_tagesschau_de_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/mid_germanii_logo_tagesschau_de_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/mid_germanii_logo_tagesschau_de_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/mid_germanii_logo_tagesschau_de_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/mid_germanii_logo_tagesschau_de_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/mid_germanii_logo_tagesschau_de_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> \u041d\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0438 \u0413\u0435\u0440\u043c\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0438<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">\u041d\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0438 \u0413\u0435\u0440\u043c\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0438<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">German foreign ministry condemns DW Belarus extremist designation<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">April 30, Pozirk. Belarusian authorities are doing everything to intimidate and silence journalists and media but the truth cannot be banned, the German foreign ministry said on X yesterday, condemning the extremist group label assigned to the Belarus service of &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/82830\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 2, Pozirk. Since January 2023, the Minsk Prosecutor\u2019s Office has forwarded more than 180 case files to courts requesting extremist content designations for websites and social media pages, its press office said. Courts reportedly granted more than 160 such requests, blacklisting 104 Telegram channels and chats, 25 TikTok accounts, 26 YouTube channels, 24 Facebook [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":78548,"template":"","rubric":[14],"class_list":["post-83168","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Minsk prosecutors request 180 &quot;extremist&quot; content designations since January 2023 | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"May 2, Pozirk. 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