Twitter Helped Russia Censor Information About an Anti-Putin Protest On January 15th, thousands of Russians plan to protest in Moscow against the government’s treatment of Russias staunchest anti-Vladimir Putin activist. But you might not find out about it on Twitter. Earlier today, several activists in Russia tweeted that they’d gotten emails from Twitter asking them to voluntarily remove tweets about the protest because they “violate Russian Federation laws.” Most of the tweets I was able to view before they were eventually deleted appeared to link to this Facebook event advertising the January 15th protest, which is set to coincide with the sentencing of Alexei Navalny, a vocal anti-Putin critic who faces 10 years in jail on what many suspect is a trumped-up fraud charge. “Dear User: We are informing you that we received a letter regarding your Twitter account. The letter states that some content in your account violates Russian Federation laws.
Posted on: Tue, 23 Dec 2014 11:55:09 +0000
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