Zaporozhye region
Vladimir Rogov told RIA Novosti that Google may soon be blocked in the Zaporozhye region.
“The work of the Google search engine has slowed, and if they do not mind and continue to pursue a policy of disinformation and violent propaganda and dehumanize the inhabitants of the liberated lands, they will be confronted. a similar fate – blocking,” he said.
According to him, the region has already blocked YouTube, Twitter and social networks banned in Russia, as well as Facebook (the owner of Meta is considered an extremist organization) and Instagram (the owner of Meta is considered an extremist) video hosting. organization). According to the officials of the Zaporozhye region, they spread disinformation, poisoned people for political reasons and did not create equal conditions for expressing their position.
LC
On July 21, the head of the Lugansk People’s Republic Leonid Pasechnik accused Google of promoting terrorism and extremism on its Telegram channel.
“The war is not just missiles flying into our cities, but a wave of fraud and disinformation launched at us by Ukraine. In this regard, Western Internet platforms are the same multiple launch rocket systems, for informational purposes only, ”Pasechnik wrote.
He is also confident that Google has become “the main weapon”: “the number of fake and extremist material is only increasing here, and no fines and court orders play a role for them.” The head of the LPR believes that “the company carries out targeted terrorism and extremist propaganda” and “puts nothing” from LPR to users.
“We do not need such inputs of information: neither from Ukraine nor from the West. We can do without Google. They will improve, they will begin to respect people – we will consider returning, ”Pasechnik concluded.
Soon after, there were reports of a Google slowdown in LPR.
DNR
On July 22, the head of the Donetsk People’s Republic, Denis Pushilin, wrote on the Telegram channel that Google will be blocked on DPR because they believe the search engine promotes “terrorism and violence” against Donbass residents.
He said that Russia and the DPR leadership “have taken steps to ensure comprehensive security and comprehensive protection of the population of Donbass”. Pushilin accused the West and Ukraine of exerting “unprecedented pressure” on the republic and “posing a threat to both physical and psychological security”. According to him, this is how the West tries to “intimidate” the DPR’s inhabitants and “break their spirits”.
“The inhuman propaganda of Ukraine and the West has long crossed all borders. There is real cruelty, the imposition of lies and disinformation against the Russians. In this context, the Google search engine, which is at the forefront of information technology, openly promotes terrorism and violence against all Russians, and especially the population of Donbass, on the orders of its curators from the US government.
He believes that “this situation should no longer be tolerated”. Therefore, the republican authorities decided to “block Google on the territory of the DPR”.
“This is what they do in any society with criminals: they are isolated from other people. “If Google stops following its crime policy and returns to the mainstream of law, morality and common sense, there will be no barriers to its operation.”
Kherson region
On July 22, Google, YouTube and Viber were also blocked in the Kherson region. Kirill Stremousov, deputy head of the regional administration, told RIA Novosti that the search engine was blocked as an element of information terrorism.
“At my request, the Google search engine has been disabled in the same way as YouTube and Viber. Search engine blocked. “This is because these social networks are used by Ukrainian officials and their American curators as malicious dumps of information as elements of information terrorism,” he said.