Russia blames technical error for brief YouTube blacklisting

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Russia blames technical error for brief YouTube blacklisting

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian officials offered assurances they were not seeking to block access to YouTube on Wednesday, saying a technical error caused the popular video-sharing website to appear briefly on a register of sites containing banned content. For about an hour, YouTube was listed on the newly-created register, which the government says is needed to fight child pornography but critics of President Vladimir Putin fear may be used to censor the Internet and stifle dissent. ...

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