This question is inspired by the 2022 market: https://manifold.markets/MetaculusBot/will-youtube-be-blocked-in-russia-i
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I will use the same resolution criteria as the 2021 and 2022 questions on Metaculus:
This question will resolve positively if, according to at least 3 independent media reports, the entire Youtube website is blocked in Russia for at least 7 consecutive days between market start and December 31, 2023. Otherwise, it will resolve negatively.
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UPD 2022-12-20: updated target period in the market description to match the question (2023 instead of 2022).
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@NikitaSkovoroda These blocks seem to date from 2014 and 2016?
I don't see any news indicating that Youtube is blocked, though it looks like a prosecutor is trying: https://www.easternherald.com/2023/02/24/vladimirs-prosecutors-office-demanded-to-block-youtube-in-russia/
@jcb the actual court decision appears to be from 2014-2016, but it seems to have appeared as an entry in the digital blocklist recently? The blocklist that ISPs have to use. Not very sure yet though
Last week, Evegni Prigozhin said YouTube would be banned in Russia soon (source in Russian). Although he does certainly not set such policies, he might or might not know something.