INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Russian law enforcement authorities have launched more than 30,000 criminal and administrative cases for social media posts, shares and
between 2010 and October 2024, the outlet said around 1,200 of the 30,000 social media prosecutions were criminal cases.The most common
social media activities targeted by criminal prosecution were posts (695 cases), followed by comments (304 cases), videos (288 cases) and
images (140 cases).The most common social media activities targeted by administrative prosecutions were images (12,000 cases), followed by
posts (10,000 cases), videos (6,000 cases), audio files (4,000 cases) and comments (3,000 cases)
administrative cases and 46% of criminal cases.Telegram, the popular messaging app, ranked second with one-quarter of all criminal
explaining how some of those fined for administrative infractions later faced criminal prosecutions.
