NATO considers ban on Russian social networks a question of security for Ukraine
Ukraine's introduction of sanctions against Russian companies – specifically owners of social networks and search engines - is a matter of national security, as stated by the Director of the NATO Information and Documentation Centre, Barbora Maronkova.
"NATO analyzed these decisions by Ukraine and has come to the conclusion that this is a matter of security, not freedom of speech," she said on Monday in Kyiv, speaking at the International Forum "Communications Crisis: Communication and Content Security in Conditions of Hybrid Messianic Aggression by Putin's Russia."
According to Maronkova, “the high spirit of Ukrainian citizens is important in the struggle with Putin's regime," and civil resistance is the most powerful force for future victory, in particular in the information sphere of the global world.
She also assured the support of the NATO Information and Documentation Centre in Ukraine for research by scientists of the Military Institute of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv on theoretical developments and practical implementation of communication and content security.
Earlier, it was reported that NATO supported the blocking of Russian media in Ukraine.
The international human rights organization Human Rights Watch has stated that the ban of Russian Internet resources in Ukraine is a terrible blow to freedom of speech.