{"id":219727,"date":"2021-04-05T18:31:20","date_gmt":"2021-04-05T15:31:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/russia-backs-down-on-threat-to-block-twitter\/"},"modified":"2021-04-05T18:31:20","modified_gmt":"2021-04-05T15:31:20","slug":"russia-backs-down-on-threat-to-block-twitter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/russia-backs-down-on-threat-to-block-twitter\/","title":{"rendered":"#Russia backs down on threat to block Twitter"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Russia backs down on threat to block Twitter<\/a><\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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Russian officials are no longer threatening to cut off the country\u2019s access to Twitter after the social network ramped up its efforts to purge content banned by that nation.<\/p>\n

Roskomnadzor, Russia\u2019s communications watchdog, backed down on the threat Monday but said it would continue throttling the speed of Twitter\u2019s website over an alleged proliferation of illegal posts.<\/p>\n

The agency started slowing down Twitter\u2019s web traffic on March 10 and said it could block the social network entirely if the company did not remove the prohibited materials, including \u201cchild pornography, pro-narcotic and suicidal content.\u201d<\/p>\n

Roskomnadzor said it decided to give Twitter more time to address the issue after the Silicon Valley giant started removing the offending posts more quickly. But the speed restrictions will stay in place until May 15, according to the agency.<\/p>\n

Twitter is now taking down banned content 81 hours after it app<\/a>ears on average, far longer than the 24-hour response time Russian law requires, officials said.<\/p>\n

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Twitter is now taking down banned content 81 hours after it appears on average, far longer than the 24-hour response time Russian law requires, officials said.<\/figcaption>
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\u201cCompliance with Russian legislation in full will make it possible to remove measures to slow down traffic and exclude blocking of the service in Russia,\u201d Roskomnadzor said in a since-translated statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The announcement followed an April 1 video conference between Roskomnadzor and Twitter officials about the company\u2019s response to Russia\u2019s concerns and the conditions under which the speed throttling would end, according to Russian officials.<\/p>\n

Twitter confirmed<\/a> the conversation with Russia. The American tech titan led by Jack Dorsey has previously denied that it allows users to promote illegal behavior and raised concerns about how Russia\u2019s crackdown could affect free speech.<\/p>\n

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Twitter has previously denied that it allows users to promote illegal behavior and raised concerns about how Russia\u2019s crackdown could affect free speech.<\/figcaption>
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\u201cIt was a productive discussion about how we can both work to ensure that reports of such illegal content are dealt with expeditiously,\u201d Twitter said in a statement.<\/p>\n

Russian authorities also sued Twitter, along with Google, Facebook, TikTok and the Telegram messaging platform, last month for allegedly failing to remove content encouraging kids to take part in illegal protests. That move followed mass demonstrations in Russia over the jailing of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny.<\/p>\n

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