Russia Gives Twitter a Month to Delete Banned Content or Get Blocked

Russia Gives Twitter a Month to Delete Banned Content or Get Blocked
The logo of U.S. social network Twitter displayed on the screen of a smartphone and a tablet in Toulouse, southern France, on Oct. 26, 2020. Lionel Bonaventure/AFP via Getty Images
Bill Pan
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The Russian government is threatening to block Twitter in the country unless the social media platform removes banned content within a month.

The ultimatum comes after Roskomnadzor, Russia’s federal executive authority overseeing online and media content, began slowing down the speed of Twitter last week in retaliation for an alleged failure to remove content related to drugs, child pornography, and suicide incitement aimed at minors.

Bill Pan
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Bill Pan is an Epoch Times reporter covering education issues and New York news.
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