Affiliated media: Belsat, TikTok account

Incident date: November 14, 2024

Attack type:

• Court trial

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Belarusian Association of Journalists

Location: Belarus, Lida

Additional information:

The court of the Lida District of the Hrodna Region declared the TikTok account of the TV channel Belsat with the name «belsat.tv» (identifier tiktok.com/@belsat.tv), as well as the logo of this page, an «extremist information product». The Ministry of Information of the Republic of Belarus added the Internet resource to the Republican List of Extremist Materials on the basis of the court decision. According to the Belarusian law, distribution and storage of materials declared extremist provides for administrative liability for both publishers and users.