@inex ❌ In Russia, the classifieds platform Avito has blocked a woman’s account after she used it for messaging during internet outages.
The service explained that the listing titled “Strict cat for friends” violated its rules because it did not offer a real product or service. The woman created it solely as a chat workaround, since Avito is included in the “whitelisted” resources accessible during shutdowns.
ℹ️ Residents of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region have been reporting for the third consecutive day a lack of mobile internet and problems accessing websites and banking services, according to “Current Time.” The “whitelists” have been tested since summer 2025, but even they remain unstable.
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@olukawy @inex
That was a creative way to get communications through censorship. As a test, I tried to search for "Strict cat for friends", in Russian.
I did not uncover any secret messages, but I am not good at Russian.
https://www.avito.ru/all?q=%D0%A1%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%B9+%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%82+%D0%B4%D0%BB%D1%8F+%D0%B4%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B7%D0%B5%D0%B9
#Russia #censorship #Россия #цензура #Avito #cats #кошки