Affiliated media: Zerkаlo.iо, Online news outlet

Incident date: February 24, 2022

Attack type:

• Shutting down a media outlet / blocking an Internet site/ seizure of an entire print run

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Mediazona. Belarus

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

Roskomnadzor added the largest Belarusian media, Zerkalo, to the list of banned websites. The agency made the decision back on February 24. The media was blocked based on Article 15.3 of the Federal Law «On Information, Information Technology, and Information Protection». According to this law, access to the website was restricted for «dissemination of information calling for mass riots, extremist activities, and unauthorized actions», as well as for dissemination of inaccurate information of public significance.