Belarus News Media Are Testing Decentralized Tech to Resist Censorship

Comedy sketch show World Peace has been canceled due to a pro-Trump slant. However, Blockchain-based decentralized media platform LBRY now hosts the show, showing how Blockchain technology can be used to fight against censorship. Cointelegraph spoke with Jeremy Kauffman, founder and CEO of Blockchain-based decentralized content platform LBRY, about using the technology to resist censorship in media and the arts. Canceled show. World Peace, a sketch comedy show created by Million Dollar Extreme, was canceled from Adult Swim, the evening slot for Cartoon Network. This was due to various....

The current business model of social media doesn’t extend profits to the creators of the content. Besides, it is susceptible to censorship, as actors with enough power can exert pressure to block users or content that they don’t like. “The mainstream media has lost power recently thanks to free speech enabled by the Internet,” explains Dan Larimer, Co-Founder of Steemit. “Fake news frequently circulate our media feeds, causing platforms and outlets to lose value and power. In response to this, they are proposing censorship as the solution, yet censorship does not give people the....

The administration of Belarus Hi-Tech Park is the best authority to regulate the crypto market in the country, First Deputy Prime Minister Nikolai Snopkov said. The Belarusian government has proposed to appoint the Hi-Tech Park Administration as a supervisory authority for local crypto exchanges and digital tokens, First Deputy Prime Minister Nikolai Snopkov announced on March 16. “The government has proposed to make the Administration of the Hi-Tech Park a supervisory body for crypto-exchanges and digital tokens. The President supported the government’s idea. I believe that such a....

Authorities in Belarus have no intentions to adopt stricter rules for the country’s crypto space. That’s despite neighboring Russia, a close partner in many areas, considering a blanket ban on а number of activities related to cryptocurrencies as suggested by the central bank in Moscow. Belarus to Keep Favorable Crypto Regulations Officials in Belarus do not plan to tighten the country’s regulatory framework for the crypto sector, a statement has indicated. This comes as Russia, which is a close economic ally, is mulling over a proposal to impose harsh....

Authorities in Belarus have mastered the seizure of cryptocurrencies, the head of the country’s Investigative Committee revealed in a recent interview. The high-ranking law enforcement official claims the state has already confiscated crypto assets worth millions of dollars. Companies Allegedly Help Belarus Government With Crypto Seizure Belarus had to deal with the challenge of how to seize cryptocurrencies when they were first used in drug trade and later economic crimes, Dmitry Gora, who heads the nation’s Investigative Committee, told the state-run ONT channel. He added....