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by Pr0Ger 1476 days ago
Yes, all of them comply to local laws. But point is Yandex repeatedly denied all accusation of working with government by saying "No, we didn't filter news, it's our algorithms decided this topic from top1 twitter trend is not important at all"

Turns out their "algorithms" was "where source in state_approved_media"
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bobuk 1476 days ago
Just for clarification: it's illegal to build news aggregator in Russia if you use any sources that is not certified by Russian government. So technically you're right, "source is state_approved_media", and pretty the same for all Russian news aggregation services.
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MomoXenosaga 1476 days ago
Fascinating, we are back in the USSR. Why does Putin think it will work this time?
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