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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…

Scope

Policy Area
Content moderation
Policy Instrument
Content moderation regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
other regulatory body

Complete timeline of this policy change

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2021-03-10
in force

The Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology, and Mass Med…

2021-05-17
adopted

On 17 May 2021, the Russian telecom regulator Roskomnadzor decided that Twitter is not to be banned…