Russia - Vkontakte social network targeted by security services

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Pavel Durov, the founder and director general of the Russian online social network Vkontakte, was summoned to the Saint Petersburg prosecutor's office today after a spokesman for Vkontakte said it would not censor the network and would not comply with an order from the Federal Security Service (FSB) to block seven groups calling for demonstrations in the next few days. Most are opposition groups that are protesting against the results of the parliamentary elections. One is a group calling (...)

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