Russia Squeezes Twitter Amid Crackdown, Traffic Disrupted
- Twitter will be slowed on all mobile devices, half of desktops
- Move may have caused outages at many government websites
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Russia said it made content on Twitter Inc. slower to load after the company refused to take down content related to drug use, pornography and other banned topics, escalating its clash with foreign social networks.
Authorities will make Twitter run more slowly on all mobile devices and on half of desktop computers, internet watchdog Roskomnadzor said in a statement Wednesday. It said access could be blocked altogether if Twitter doesn’t remove the banned content.