Russia says TikTok deletes some posts promoting illegal pro-Navalny protest

Unfazed by official warnings against the rallies, young Russians have posted exuberant videos paying tribute to Navalny and mocking President Vladimir Putin as a prelude to the planned demonstrations.

Young Russians upset by reports of counterterrorism have posted videos targeting Navalny and criticizing President Vladimir Putin as the beginning of a plan to counter it.

"According to my lawyer's statement, regarding the students who "caused serious damage to schools on TikTok", Navalny said the following in the message he sent from the lawyer bridge and shared on Instagram on Friday.
Russian investigators said they opened the investigation against children committing crimes that could endanger security

Roskomnadzor said TikTok, which was not immediately available for comment, was a platform where users frequently called for protests. Navalny.
Roskomnadzor said YouTube cut 50% of ads Instagram removed 17% of ads the monitor asked children to protest.

The Kremlin said Roskomnadzor's measures were "absolutely necessary."
Students across Russia hung Putin's banners on their classroom walls. They posted videos in which they took a photo of Navalny and replaced him with a smiling Navalny.

Other users provided interesting and practical tips on how to avoid getting caught at a protest, such as pretending to be an American and pretending to be a foreign country.

"When things go wrong, say 'I'll call my lawyer'!" "TikTok user Neurolera, whose video has been viewed more than 200,000 times, said this sarcastically in North America.

Former Kremlin spokesman and political analyst Abbas Galyamov told Reuters he thought many TikTok users would walk away. "Young people "When they start thinking about politics, they always resort to more violence and they don't value the status quo as much as adults do," he said."Respect to the schoolchildren who, according to my lawyer, 'wreaked havoc on TikTok'," Navalny said in a message relayed by his lawyer that was posted to Instagram on Friday.

Russian investigators said they had opened a criminal case into what they described as an attempt to get minors to commit illegal acts that could endanger their safety.
Communications watchdog Roskomnadzor, which had threatened to fine social platforms over protest-related content, said TikTok had deleted 38% of the posts it had deemed illegal by Friday. It added, however, that new calls for Russians to take to the streets were still emerging on the service.