Russian government regulator threatens to block Reddit over cannabis thread
by Hannah Jane Parkinson from Technology | The Guardian on (#H62T)
Internet watchdog Roskomnadzor emailed Reddit to request removal of subreddit thought to be /r/trees, complaining staff are 'too relaxed during August'
The Russian government's technology and internet watchdog is threatening to block Reddit across the country if it does not remove a thread dedicated to growing cannabis.
The federal service for supervision of communications, information, technology and mass media (Roskomnadzor) has taken to one of the largest social networks in Russia, VK.com, requesting the takedown, after it received no direct response from Reddit.
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