YouTube demanded that blogger Felix Gluckman, who lives in the United States, remove the video «As I understood that I am gay» due to the fact that it violates Russian law. Gluckman announced this on his Facebook page *.
Screenshot from Felix Gluckman's video
Gluckman cites a notice from Roskomnadzor stating that the video published in July 2019 violates Federal Law of the Russian Federation No. 149-FZ «On Information, Information Technology and Information Protection.»
remove the content, Google may be forced to block the content. ” — the YouTube team of lawyers kindly informs me, ”writes Gluckman.
In a video posted to YouTube in June 2019, Gluckman shares his experience of embracing his own orientation and recommends a book that can help others to do so.
“I actually found the video in the Roskomnadzor register. By the way, in it I talk about how I realized my sexual orientation in adolescence and how my preferences manifested themselves even in childhood, «the blogger explained, adding that in two years the video managed to collect 45 thousand views.
< p> In a conversation with Novaya Gazeta, he clarified that YouTube did not indicate the time during which the author must remove the video. Gluckman plans to write a response letter to YouTube.
The video was included in the unified register of information, the dissemination of which is prohibited in Russia, on November 26, 2021, based on the decision of the Sovetsky District Court of Vladivostok.
Gluckman notes that he is not in Russia has been living since 2017 and the video was filmed while he was in Miami. Because of this, he does not understand why the video should be of concern to the Russian authorities.