On May 31, 2023, the regulator restricted access to all domains and subdomains of the Medium social journalism platform in the Russian Federation by requiring the use of masks.
Although the reason for the blocking is not specified in the register, and there have been no official messages from Roskomnadzor yet, specialists from Roskomsoboda (the organization is recognized as a foreign agent in Russia), citing the department, write that the blogging platform was blocked for not removing inaccurate materials related to a special military operation.
Medium, a platform for social journalism launched in 2012 by Twitter co-founders Evan Williams and Biz Stone, is included in the top 500 most visited sites on the Internet according to SimilarWeb, and attracts around 130 million visitors per month.
