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Russia restricts access to SoundCloud saying it disseminates falsehoods
The Russian communications watchdog, Roscomnadzor, on Sunday (October 2) said it had restricted access to the music sharing website SoundCloud acting on a demand from the Russian Prosecutor General’s Office.
The agency said: "Acting on a demand by the Russian Prosecutor General’s Office, Roscomnadzor restricted access to the SoundCloud service over hosting materials that contain inaccurate information regarding the essence of the special military operation in Ukraine, its form and methods of warfighting.”
According to Roscomnadzor, it had twice reached out to the owner of the website demanding to remove the prohibited information.
It was initially unclear how severe the restrictions were for Soundcloud.
Access to the platform will be unblocked if the information is removed, the agency said.
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There are repeated reports from Ukraine that Russian troops are also attacking the civilian population. On Friday and Saturday, Kiev said that car convoys were attacked resulting in civilian casualties.
Reports from the war zone cannot be independently verified.
