Several independent media websites were attacked on Election Day in Russia with the sole purpose to prevent journalist and rights activists from reporting election violations all over the country.
With the cyber-attacks preventing observers reporting fraud online, journalists and rights activists instead used Facebook and Twitter to spread and exchange information.
Censorship in Russia near elections
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Several independent media websites were attacked on Election Day in Russia with the sole purpose to prevent journalist and rights activists from reporting election violations all over the country.
Several portals (Echo Moskvy radio station, Kommersant newspaper, The New Times, Forbes Russia and Bolshoy Gorod) and even blogging services (like LiveJournal) were affected by this massive attack.
With the cyber-attacks preventing observers reporting fraud online, journalists and rights activists instead used Facebook and Twitter to spread and exchange information.