In Russia, the media regulator has slowed down the Twitter short message service. He should not have deleted prohibited content. But behind this is the attempt to bring the Internet more under the control of the state.
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Twitter is said to have not met the requirement to delete certain content for years.
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As Russia’s media supervisory and censorship agency Roskomnadzor announced the slowdown of the short message service Twitter this week announced, for a while suddenly the websites of the Kremlin, the State Duma, the judicial authorities and even Roskomnadzor itself could no longer be opened. The authority was sure to be malicious, even if it put all the blame on the telecommunications provider Rostelekom.
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