Russia 'will block' Google, Twitter and Facebook if they withhold blogger data
by Reuters in Moscow and Frankfurt from Technology | The Guardian on (#9GV5)
Kremlin demands internet services comply with its laws, which require official registration of bloggers with more than 3,000 readers a day
Russia's media watchdog has written to Google, Twitter and Facebook warning them against violating Russian internet laws and a spokesman said they risked being blocked if they did not comply.
Roskomnadzor said it had sent letters this week to the three US-based internet companies asking them to comply with laws that critics of President Vladimir Putin have decried as censorship.
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