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Joined 6 December 2013 · 244 posts

Tanya is an associate professor in digital media and society at Dublin University in Ireland. She studies protest, digital media and internet freedom in Eastern Europe and beyond. She tweets at @tanyalokot.

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Latest posts by Tanya Lokot

Unfreedom Monitor Report: Russia

An excerpt from Advox research on digital authoritarianism in Russia

Written by Tanya Lokot

25 August 2022

How Russia makes laws to support networked authoritarianism

Russian legislation is creating an alternative reality of the internet

Written by Tanya Lokot

15 April 2022

Court in Russia-occupied Crimea sentences freelance journalist to six years in prison

Press freedom advocates have been calling for Yesypenko’s immediate release

Written by Tanya Lokot

17 February 2022

‘Your’dle: Wordle is now available in many of the world’s languages

Wordle has been dubbed "the sourdough starter of Omicron"

Written by Tanya Lokot

2 February 2022

Russia rose to second place globally in Twitter content removal requests

Russian government entities made 10,448 takedown requests

Written by Tanya Lokot

29 January 2022

Belarusian cyberactivists claim railway system hack to protest Russian troop movements

Russian troops in Belarus heighten fears of possible Ukraine invasion

Written by Tanya Lokot

25 January 2022

Google removes YouTube ads featuring interrogations of Belarusian political prisoners

Opposition activists said the video ads violated YouTube's platform policies

Written by Tanya Lokot

4 January 2022

Ukraine to get support from Apple with conducting national census in 2023

Ukraine is the second country to conduct census with Apple

Written by Tanya Lokot

28 December 2021

Russian censors block website of legal aid non-profit OVD-Info

OVD-Info is a key human rights defense project in Russia

Written by Tanya Lokot

27 December 2021

Russian filmmaker Sergei Solovyov dies at 77

Solovyov had a prolific career as film and theatre director

Written by Tanya Lokot

14 December 2021

With Ukraine's Kyiv Post shut down, journalists launch new independent media outlet

Former KyivPost journalists claim owner Kivan infringed on editorial independence

Written by Tanya Lokot

30 November 2021

Ukraine marks anniversary of Euromaidan protest on Day of Dignity and Freedom

Relive Global Voices' coverage of the Revolution of Dignity

Written by Tanya Lokot

21 November 2021

Empty Chair Day highlights plight of imprisoned Ukrainian journalists

Ukrainian journalist Stanislav Aseyev spoke at the event

Written by Tanya Lokot

18 November 2021

Poland reinforces border with Belarus as migrant crisis escalates

Thousands of migrants remain on the Belarus-Poland border

Written by Tanya Lokot

10 November 2021

Belarus authorities block access to more independent media added to extremist list

Media crackdown in Belarus now targeting foreign outlets and readers

Written by Tanya Lokot

5 November 2021

In Belarus, subscribing to Telegram channels branded as ‘extremist’ may now get users in trouble

Over 170 Telegram channels are currently labelled as 'extremist' in Belarus

Written by Tanya Lokot

15 October 2021

Ahead of September elections, Russia tightens grip on remaining online freedoms

"It's going to get worse, as we all know."

Written by Tanya Lokot

16 September 2021

Investigative journalism group OCCRP says it will no longer work in Russia

Multiple OCCRP partners in Russia were designated as "foreign agents"

Written by Tanya Lokot

15 September 2021

Russian court issues bigger fines to social media companies for breaching data localization rules

Social media giants have heretofore ignored Russia's data localization demands

Written by Tanya Lokot

26 August 2021

Blogger gets prison sentence for branding Kazakhstan's language policies “russophobic”

Kazakhstan's history with Russian language and ethnic Russians is complicated

Written by Tanya Lokot

23 August 2021

More independent media added to Russia's “foreign agent” roster

Dozhd and iStories join a host of other media and NGOs

Written by Tanya Lokot

20 August 2021

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