JP Mangalindan says, “Roskomnadzor, a Russian government agency that oversees communications and media, threatened late last week to block access to Google, Facebook and Twitter if the social media services don’t hand over data on certain Russian bloggers.

The government agency demanded Google, Facebook and Twitter hand over data about users, particularly Russian bloggers with 3,000 daily readers or more. Rozkomnadzor also asked the services to delete content that promotes protests and other unsanctioned public events, Reuters reported.

Late last year, Russian President Vladimir Putin pledged he would not place the Internet under government control; Roskomnadzor’s recent actions, however, indicate differently. A law passed in 2014 gives Russian prosecutors the right to block sites without a court ruling if those sites contain information about protests unsanctioned by the government“.

Russian government threatens a ban on Google, Facebook and Twitter

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