Russia throttles access to Twitter and threatens further action
Regulator is suing Twitter and four other social-media companies for not deleting posts on jailing of Putin critic Navalny
10 March 2021 - 20:48
Moscow — Russia said on Wednesday it made content on Twitter slower to load after the company refused to take down content related to drug use, pornography and other banned topics, escalating its clash with foreign social networks.
Authorities made Twitter run more slowly on all mobile devices and on half of desktop computers, internet watchdog Roskomnadzor said in a statement. It said access could be blocked altogether if Twitter doesn’t remove the banned content...
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