The Throttling Of YouTube: Kremlin Censorship Enters Uncharted Waters

Тhe billboard appeared on at least one bus stop in St. Petersburg sometime early on July 29 and was gone less than a day later: an advertisement for VK Video, a video streaming service from Russia's dominant social media giant, VK.

"Everything just loads so quickly," the ad quoted a user, nicknamed YouTube2024, as saying in a glowing endorsement of the VK service.

Though the a