Russia: Throttling of Twitter Internet speed by Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology, and Mass Media (Roskomnadzor)
Progress
Current status
adopted
17 May 2021 adopted
10 Mar 2021 in force
Scope
Implementers
Russia
Policy Area
Content moderation
Policy Instrument
Content moderation regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
other regulatory body
Implementation Level
national
Timeline of events
Roskomnadzor decision not to ban Twitter
On 17 May 2021, the Russian telecom regulator Roskomnadzor decided that Twitter is not to be banned after Twitter's deadline to remove illegal content expired on 15 May 2021. On 10 March 2021, the regulator slowed down twitter and also threatened to…
SourceEvent type
order
Action type
adoption
Government branch
executive
Government body
other regulatory body
Slowing of Twitter internet speed due to insufficient content moderation
The Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology, and Mass Media (Roskomnadzor) throttles Twitter`s internet speed due to failure to comply with content moderation requirement. The agency reserves further action …
SourceEvent type
order
Action type
implementation
Government branch
executive
Government body
other regulatory body