The YouTube online video-sharing platform has blocked four videos after a request from Russia's Roskomnadzor media watchdog, Agentsvo Telegram channel reported on May 20. Videos of the channels -- Dozor v Volgograde, Shkola prizyvnika, OVD-Info, and an unspecified independent online media outlet -- contained information about ways to evade mobilization to the war in Ukraine and avoid military recruitment. Roskomnadzor reportedly claimed that the videos in question violated Russia's law on information. According to OVD-Info's spokesman Dmitry Anisimov, it is the first case where YouTube has blocked videos at Russia’s request and not because of violations of the platform's terms of service. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Russian Service, click here.
