Russia demands Google stop promoting videos about protests

Google must stop allowing YouTube users to post information about unsanctioned political protests or could face strict punishment, Russia’s media oversight agency has warned.

The company must crack down on videos about the protests, and stop allowing its users to notify people about them through the site’s push notifications and other tools, said The Federal Service for Supervision in the Sphere of Telecom, Information Technologies and Mass Communication, or Roskomnadzor.

If Google and YouTube do not comply, Russia will have the right to retaliate, the organisation said.