Russia warns Google, Twitter and Facebook on law violations


  • TECH
  • Friday, 22 May 2015

DEMANDING: Roskomnadzor said it had sent letters this week to the three US-based Internet firms asking them to comply with Internet laws which critics of President Vladimir Putin have decried as censorship.

MOSCOW/FRANKFURT: Russia's media watchdog has written to Google, Twitter and Facebook warning them against violating Russian Internet laws and a spokesman said they risk being blocked if they do not comply with the rules. 

Roskomnadzor said it had sent letters this week to the three US-based Internet firms asking them to comply with Internet laws which critics of President Vladimir Putin have decried as censorship.  

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