Native name | Цензор.НЕТ |
|---|---|
Type of site | News web portal |
| Founder | Yurii Butusov |
| URL | http://censor.net.ua/ |
| Commercial | yes |
| Registration | Open |
| Launched | 2004 |
| Current status | Active |
Censor.net is a Ukrainian socio-political news website founded in 2004. It is one of the most visited Ukrainian online media outlets by traffic. [1] The editor-in-chief and head of the outlet is Yurii Butusov.
The site was created in 2004. In 2007 it became part of the SPU media holding. [2] Since its founding, the editor-in-chief has been journalist Yurii Butusov. [3] The outlet positions itself as a site of “emotional news.” Its slogan is a phrase by the editor-in-chief: “popular politics with comments from the electorate.”
The site covers key events both in Ukraine and worldwide. [4] During the Euromaidan in the winter of 2013–2014 the site reportedly had over 2 million readers daily, and during the violent clashes between protesters and security forces on Instytutska Street in Kyiv readership allegedly exceeded 3 million.[ citation needed ] The site’s average daily traffic is said to exceed 500,000 visitors per day.[ citation needed ]
The average number of daily news items in the feed is reportedly over 300.[ citation needed ]
Materials are published in Ukrainian and Russian; some content is translated into English and Ukrainian.
