Meduza
Source: Interfax
The Main Radio Frequency Center, an entity overseen by Russia’s federal censorship agency, announced Monday that it has launched a new automated system called Oculus that will search the Internet for photo and video content that’s banned under Russian law.
A 57.7-million-ruble (about $783,000) tender to develop the neural network that will power the new system was first announced in September 2021. In December 2022, authorities began testing the system, and while it’s purportedly operating at full force, developers will continue “enhancing” it until 2025, according to the press release.