Europe sanctions Russian internet censorship agency and its leader

The European Council has imposed sanctions on a Russian agency responsible for internet censorship in the country. The council said in a statement on Monday that the Russian para-governmental organization called the Safe Internet League “aids the Russian government in enforcing censorship practices,” while its chairwoman, Ekaterina Mizulina, “is responsible for serious and systematic abuses

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