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Russia: Mikhail Khodorkovsky's Facebook Account Banned and Un-Banned

Categories: Eastern & Central Europe, Russia, Breaking News, Freedom of Speech, Politics, Technology, RuNet Echo

On November 20, 2010 Facebook has suspended [1] Mikhail Khodorkovsky [2]‘s private account [3] allegedly due to usage violations. It took four days to convince the social network to un-ban it [4]. Anton Nossik once again noticed [5] [RUS] how anonymous reporting and suspension of the opposition accounts [6] becomes a new censorship technique, even more efficient than DDoS and hacking.