Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
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So Russia has gone full 1984, finally. And even though LITERALLY 1984 is a tired phrase, it unironically fits in this case. Russia has recently made it illegal to search for banned content online, meaning that simply GOOGLING something that is banned in Russia is now a crime. And recently Russia's first citizen ever got convicted for searching the wrong thing online. Let's talk about how Russia made Googling a crime and why it's literally 1984.
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Timestamps
00:00 Russia made googling a crime
01:50 Russia vs The Internet
03:50 Russian fined for searching on Google
06:26 The proof is laughable
07:26 This is LITERALLY 1984
09:00 You can't know what's banned
12:22 How this affects freedom in Russia
13:15 We are cooked
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So Russia has gone full 1984, finally. And even though LITERALLY 1984 is a tired phrase, it unironically fits in this case. Russia has recently made it illegal to search for banned content online, meaning that simply GOOGLING something that is banned in Russia is now a crime. And recently Russia's first citizen ever got convicted for searching the wrong thing online. Let's talk about how Russia made Googling a crime and why it's literally 1984.
Become a channel sponsor: youtube.com/channel/UC19xLluI7dG093Gmw57BhHw/join
My instagram: instagram.com/roman_nfkrz
Timestamps
00:00 Russia made googling a crime
01:50 Russia vs The Internet
03:50 Russian fined for searching on Google
06:26 The proof is laughable
07:26 This is LITERALLY 1984
09:00 You can't know what's banned
12:22 How this affects freedom in Russia
13:15 We are cooked
