Russia begins blocking online content

The Russian government has begun enforcing a new law passed in November that enables it to block Internet content within its borders deemed illegal or harmful to children. Russian officials have already asked Facebook, Twitter and YouTube to take down specific pages in an effort to limit access to objectionable content without resorting to a countrywide ban. 

Some examples of blocked content includes a suicide-themed group on Facebook, while Twitter deleted posts related to illegal drug deals as well as three posts promoting “suicidal thoughts”. The report notes that Facebook also complies with local legislation to ban content in certain countries, including Germany and France where it blocks content related to Holocaust denial and in Turkey where it blocks content defaming the country’s founder. In this case the offending content was removed site wise for violating its terms of use.

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