Russia plans Twitter block in one month if it fails to delete banned content

In this file photo illustration, a Twitter logo is displayed on a mobile phone on August 10, 2020, in Arlington, Virginia. (AFP)

MOSCOW: Russia will block Twitter in one month if the social media giant fails to remove banned content, the TASS news agency cited a senior official at Russia’s communications watchdog Roskomnadzor as saying on Tuesday.
Russia said last week it was slowing down the speed of Twitter in retaliation for what it described as a failure to remove banned content. It threatened to block the US platform outright, escalating a growing stand-off between Moscow and US social media firms.