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Twitter Speed Slowed Down in Russia Over Failure to Remove Banned Content
“The slowing down will be applied on a 100 percent of mobile devices and on 50 percent of non-mobile devices,” the regulator said in a statement on its website.
“If (Twitter) continues to ignore the requirements of the law, the enforcement measures will be continued in line with the response regulations (all the way to blocking),” it said.
Twitter did not immediately respond to an emailed request for comment.
Wednesday’s move comes amid mounting efforts by Moscow to exert greater influence over US social media platforms and frustrations over what authorities say is their failure to follow Russian laws.
Last December, parliament’s lower house backed big new fines on platforms that fail to delete banned content and another bill that would allow them to be restricted if they “discriminate” against Russian media.