Russia will ban Twitter from the country in 30 days if the platform does not remove illegal content, including child pornography, information on committing suicide, and drug-related content.
Vadim Subbotin, deputy head of Roskomnadzor, Russia’s equivalent of the FCC, said Twitter was not reacting to the regulator’s requests to remove illegal content “as they should,” and that the social network would be blocked in the country in a month if its failure to comply continues. more here
I wonder how social media sites can justify blocking Trump but say they are prevented from blocking child porn because of section 230.
The companies need to be called to task. Now.
What does it say about the current world when the Russians are making more sense than the west?
Also, how weak has society become when you need to use twitter to off yourself?
Why can’t that be done here?
Each one of us can ask our internet provider to block Twitter.
Chris Brown, You have to ask?
First we were rooting for Uganda, now we’re rooting for Russia. The world is upside-down.
It’s pitiful that the Russians have more morality than America.
How bad can Twatter be to a gov. that annexed the Ukraine & killed millions?