Google has filed an appeal with a Russian court challenging the country's inclusion of a YouTube video on an official blacklist. The clip shows a woman using make-up and a razor blade to make it appear that she has cut one of her wrists. Roscomnadzor (Russia's Federal Service for Supervision in Telecommunications, Information Technology and Mass Communications) - the agency in charge of running the blacklist - confirmed that the clip had been flagged by a second watchdog Rospotrebnadzor (Federal Service for Control in the Sphere of Protection Consumers' Rights and Well-Being of Humans). The creation of the blacklist has caused controversy. In November, Russia amended its "Information Act" allowing sites to be taken offline in order to protect children, but human rights groups are concerned that the blacklist has increased censorship and inhibited free speech. Other sites associated with the net's subculture, including a Russian version of discussion and image post website 4chan, have also been blacklisted.
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