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Moscow said earlier this month it had slowed the speed of
U.S.-based Twitter inside Russia and on March 16 threatened to
ban the social media service outright in a month over content
from child pornography to drug abuse.
With Twitter widely used in Russia by government opponents,
including Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny and his allies, Twitter
said at the time it was worried about free speech and denied
that it let its platform be used to promote illegal behaviour.
The watchdog, Roskomnadzor, said in a statement that Twitter was
too slow in tackling illegal posts.
"The rate at which the social network is removing banned
information is unsatisfactory," it said. "Two thirds of material
that is harmful for children remains available on Twitter."
The watchdog said it was unacceptable to see new posts
containing child pornography, suicide propaganda and information
about drug use and distribution appearing on Twitter.
Twitter did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Major social media companies have been embroiled in an
increasing number of disputes around the globe, from China to
India and Australia, as governments seek to curb their power.
(Reporting by Alexander Marrow, Maxim Rodionov and Anton
Kolodyazhnyy; Editing by Andrew Cawthorne)
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