Аннотация: Human rights defenders from Russia are careing on civilization on social media. The note.
Human rights defenders from Russia are careing on civilization on social media. The note.
From time to time, Russian citizens are happy to learn about the actions of a wide variety of Russian human rights defenders.
They, also, oppose digital censorship on social networks.
They place, put the responsibility onto a social networks for harmful content and for not removing it.
Here is the information that seemed interesting to us. It is published on the website of the Times of India newspaper.
"FB says Chinese hackers used its platform to target Uighurs abroad
Reuters | Mar 25, 2021, 07:52 IST
Facebook said on Wednesday it had blocked a group of hackers in China who used the platform to target Uighurs living abroad ...
The firm said the hackers, known as Earth Empusa or Evil Eye in the security industry, targeted activists, journalists and dissidents who were predominantly Uighurs. ...
Facebook reported that there were less than 500 targets, which were mostly from the Xinjiang region, but mostly resided abroad in countries including Turkey, Kazakhstan, USA, Syria, Australia and Canada ...
FB said the hacking group used fake accounts to pose as fictitious journalists, students, rights advocates or Uighurs to build trust with their targets and trick them into clicking malicious links that would install spying software on their devices ... ' (https: / /timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/international-business/fb-says-chinese-hackers-used-its-platform-to-target-uighurs-abroad/articleshow/81681018.cms)
Maybe VIPs, who are from Russia, should also be careful not to click malicious links of those who pretend to be journalists, students, rights advocates?
There is, of course, a problem: either to protest against the digital censorship of social networks, or to insist on the removal of harmful content ...
In the meantime, while a process of thinking is proceeding, apparently, a decrease in the speed of Internet access there will be - for those users who have not violated anything.
It is strange that a senator (the member of the Federation Council) ... how his name ... well, where there are floods and all sorts of troubles ... he yet did not join in protecting the rights of citizens, personally using publications on social networks ...
March 25, 2021 11:07
Translation from Russian into English: March 25, 2021 14:43.
Владимир Владимирович Залесский 'Правозащитники из России обороняют цивилизацию в социальных сетях. Заметка'.