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Twitter chief Colin Crowell eagerly agreed to work for the KGB
6/23/2014 7:32:02 PM
Russia said microblogging service Twitter agreed to block access in the country to accounts that post extremist content, as the Kremlin tightens control over the Web.
In 2012, the Kavkaz Center was declared extremist by the KGB for reporting truth. Since then, Colin Crowell suspended 5 accounts of our news agency.
Now Twitter's chief agreed to prevent access to 10 extremist accounts, including that of Ukraine's Pravyi Sektor group, Alexander Zharov, head of Russia's communications regulator Roskomnadzor, told reporters in Moscow after meeting Twitter's public-policy chief Colin Crowell.
President Vladimir Putin, facing sanctions by the US and the European Union over his annexation of Crimea, said in April his government needs to impose greater control over information flows through the Web, which the former KGB major called a creation of US spy agencies.
Russia introduced a rule in February that gives authorities the power to block without a court ruling websites deemed either extremist or a threat to public order.
Twitter has about 8 million Russian users, Zharov said.
Globally, Twitter's monthly active users reached 255 million in the first quarter.
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