Little moderation, huge audiences and biddable owners make porn and gambling sites a safe haven from censors, says Jemimah Steinfeld, editor-in-chief of Index on Censorship
is one of the directors of Free Russia, a campaign to bring independent news about the war to Russians through ads. He spearheaded the campaign and now works with Baydachenko. He jokes that from Putin’s perspective he’s running “a criminal spam operation”.
Even TikTok was recently used by US-backed news organisation RFE/RL to track the movements of troops across the country as they made their way to the front. RFE/RL – which hasin Russia after pressure from police and politicians – is still working with journalists there and breaking important stories. Its message is clear: we’ll find ways to get information in and out.
At Index on Censorship, where I am editor-in-chief, bad-news stories are our bread and butter. When I stumble on positive stories I embrace them. And even in the middle of this awful war, there is some good. Protest still exists in Russia. It exists in headline-grabbing instances of journalists brandishing
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