In that light, the explanation for banning Twitter seems like little more than cover. The government has tried to force sites including Twitter to take down content encouraging participation in anti-corruption protests, activities that seem to have shaken President Putin, who has taken fire over the “Putin’s Palace” documentary created by Navalny that investigates the sources of his wealth. Navalny’s arrest in recent weeks caused widespread protests across Russia.
The social network isn’t popular in Russia, but opposition leader and anti-corruption campaigner Alexei Navalny is big on the platform, which is used by journalists and other important figures in the country. The issue seems to have been caused by a simple programming error and affected a range of sites including and .ĭubious block - The Russian government announced on Wednesday that it would throttle Twitter over alleged posts featuring suicide, child exploitation, and drug use. In a perfect case of sweet, sweet karma, the Russian government tried to throttle Twitter and accidentally took its own sites down in the process.
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