Roskomnadzor Demands Removal of IStories App From App Store and Google Play

Roskomnadzor, Russia’s executive body responsible for censoring media, telecommunications, and internet content, has sent demands to Apple and Google to remove the IStories mobile app from their stores. Apple itself informed the editorial team about Roskomnadzor’s demands, while the notification for Google was found in the Lumen database.

Roskomnadzor is demanding that the companies immediately inform IStories “about the need for the prompt removal of information distributed in violation of the law” and remove the app from their stores if the demands are not met. It is unclear exactly what information we are supposed to delete. In its letters, Roskomnadzor accuses the IStories mobile app of “destabilizing the socio-political situation in the Russian Federation” and spreading “fakes.”

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