But it's the other way round in modern day Russia.

A Russian court has ordered all local ISPs to block access to YouTube over racist and extremist views. The ban was sparked after the video sharing website hosted “Russia for Russians”, part of a campaign used by far right groups in the country.

The video is deemed to contain extremist elements, and "Russian for Russians" is itself a derogatory slogan usually hurled against the multi-ethnic Russian society.

Besides YouTube, three other websites were banned under similar grounds: the Internet Archive, Lib.rus.ec, Thelib.ru and Zhurnal.ru.

Russia has now joined a long list of countries that have blocked YouTube at one point—Pakistan, Thailand and Saudi Arabia are just a few of these nations.

However, at least one ISP—Rosnet—is appealing the ruling, calling it “absurd”.

“These decisions should not be taken by a court,” Rosnet owner Aleksandr Ermakov said in an interview. “All of mankind is using this website. And providers like ours do not violate Russian law. But we are still being forced to close the website so that our users can not log on and watch the videos.”

If you have other interesting design and art finds, cool websites, or anything that might catch our eye, share it with us at news -at- hillscreativearts -dot- com!


Want to see what 24 hours of creative awesomeness look like? Click here.



This news message is supported by The Creative Finder, an online platform for photographers, illustrators, designers, and art directors to promote their portfolios towards new clients and collaborators. Creatives who wish to sign up for an account can save 10% off annual fees with promo code 'designtaxi'.