Russian Feminist Blogger Investigated For Potential Hate Speech Against Men
Submitted by Mastodon on Sun, 2018-08-26 22:56
Article here. Excerpt:
'A self-described "radical feminist" in Russia is facing potential criminal charges over social-media posts that she says investigators could deem hate speech against men.
Lyubov Kalugina, a 31-year-old blogger in the Siberian city of Omsk, said this weekthat investigators have opened a preliminary probe into material dating back to 2013 that she posted on the Russian social-networking site VKontakte.
The probe comes amid a mounting public debate in Russia about a broad crackdown on online speech in recent years -- including reposts and likes on social media sites such as Facebook -- that critics say authorities are using to stymie dissent and boost conviction rates.'
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