Censor.net

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. The editor-in-chief and head of the outlet is Yurii Butusov.

History

The site was created in 2004. In 2007 it became part of the SPU media holding. Since its founding, the editor-in-chief has been journalist Yurii Butusov. 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. 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. The site’s average daily traffic is said to exceed 500,000 visitors per day.
The average number of daily news items in the feed is reportedly over 300.
Materials are published in Ukrainian and Russian; some content is translated into English and Ukrainian.

Recognition

In March 2015 the outlet was recognized as the best internet media of the year by the “Person of the Year” program; the award was received by editor-in-chief Yurii Butusov.
In 2020 the Institute of Mass Information (IMI) included the outlet in the “white list” of Ukrainian media — outlets with more than 95% high-quality information.