Russia restricts access to SoundCloud saying it disseminates falsehoods

Russia restricts access to SoundCloud saying it disseminates falsehoods
October 3, 2022, 8:27 am

SoundCloud is an online audio distribution platform and music sharing website that enables its users to upload, promote, and share audio, as well as a digital signal processor enabling listeners to stream audio - Photo. Pixabay

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.

Ukraine said Friday (Sep 23) it had downed four Iranian-made “kamikaze” drones used by Russia’s armed forces, prompting President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to complain that Tehran was harming Ukrainian citizens - Photo. Euromaidan Press

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.

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