The Safe Internet League () is a state-sponsored nonprofit Russian

Internet censorship Internet censorship is the legal control or suppression of what can be accessed, published, or viewed on the Internet. Censorship is most often applied to specific internet domains (such as ''Wikipedia.org'', for example) but exceptionally may ...

organization.Franoise Dauc, Benjamin Loveluck, Bella Ostromooukhova, Anna Zaytseva, "From Citizen Investigators to Cyber Patrols: Volunteer Internet Regulation in Russia", ''Laboratorium: Russian Review of Social Research'', 11(3), 46–70, It was registered on January 26, 2011 under the full name АССОЦИАЦИЯ УЧАСТНИКОВ РЫНКА ИНТЕРНЕТ-ИНДУСТРИИ "ЛИГА БЕЗОПАСНОГО ИНТЕРНЕТА". , its director is

Ekaterina Mizulina Ekaterina Mikhailovna Mizulina (; born September 1, 1984) is a Russian public figure, executive director of the National Center for Children's Assistance (2017–2020), member of the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation, head of the Safe In ...

(recorded in this capacity on April 10, 2018). It was created with the support of the Russian

Ministry of Internal Affairs An interior ministry or ministry of the interior (also called ministry of home affairs or ministry of internal affairs) is a government department that is responsible for domestic policy, public security and law enforcement. In some states, the i ...

Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media The Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation, often abbreviated as ''Minkomsvyaz'', is a ministry of the Government of Russia responsible for telecommunications, media and the post. History The Mi ...

, and the

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Committee on Family, Women, and Children. Until 2015Малофеев ушел с поста председателя правления Лиги безопасного интернета
/ref> the board of directors was headed by Russian media mogul

Konstantin Malofeev Konstantin Valeryevich Malofeev (, born 3 July 1974) is a Russian media mogul and the chairman of the non-governmental and pro-monarchist organisation called the Society for the Development of Russian Historical Education "Double-Headed Eagle" ...

in the capacity of managing partner of Marshall Capital Partners investment fund. On April 20, 2015 this position was taken by Denis Davydov, former executive director. On January 29, 2024 the head of the organization

was sanctioned by the

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for "enforcing censorship practices against Internet content creators and artists in favour of the Russian government and its policies" and saying that she is "responsible for serious and systematic abuses of freedom of opinion and expression". By the same decision organization itself was also sanctioned because it "allows the Russian government to reinforce censorship practices by silencing Internet content creators and artists, who make content not consistent with the official line of the Russian government"... "Using the threat of imposing punitive or economic measures, Safe Internet League is trying to make Internet content creators and artists either to delete anti-government content or to create content in favour of the Russian government and praising its policies."EU Sanctions Russia’s Chief Denunciator Mizulina Over Free Speech Abuses
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The Moscow Times ''The Moscow Times'' (''MT'') is an Amsterdam-based independent English-language and Russian-language online newspaper. It was in print in Russia from 1992 until 2017 and was distributed free of charge at places frequented by English-speaking to ...

'', January 29, 2024

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*{{home page, https://ligainternet.ru/ Internet censorship in Russia Non-profit organizations based in Russia