{"id":38629,"date":"2021-03-10T10:52:02","date_gmt":"2021-03-10T08:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=38629"},"modified":"2025-08-30T05:43:46","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T02:43:46","slug":"roskomnadzor-began-throttling-twitter-in-russia-and-threatened-to-block-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/roskomnadzor-began-throttling-twitter-in-russia-and-threatened-to-block-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Roskomnadzor began throttling Twitter in Russia and threatened to block it"},"content":{"rendered":"

From 10 March, Roskomnadzor began throttling Twitter’s speed in Russia due to the social network’s refusal to remove content that the agency deemed illegal.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to <\/span>statement<\/span><\/a>, since 2017 Roskomnadzor has issued more than 28,000 requests to delete publications and links that encourage minors to commit suicide, contain child pornography or information about drugs.<\/span><\/p>\n

Twitter content remains undeleted.<\/span><\/p>\n

In response, Roskomnadzor announced an initial throttling of the service on 100% of mobile devices and on 50% of stationary devices. As Interfax reported, the Roskomnadzor press service said that three administrative violation protocols had been drawn up against Twitter.<\/span><\/p>\n

The agency stressed that if Twitter continues to ignore the requirements of Russian law to remove prohibited content, the service could be blocked.<\/span><\/p>\n

Roskomnadzor also said that it sent the company a letter warning about throttling Twitter’s speed and the possibility of a full block until the removal of information prohibited on the territory of the Russian Federation.<\/p>\n

Twitter said it is deeply concerned about the growing attempts to block and restrict public communication on the internet.<\/span><\/p>\n

Providers told RBC that Roskomnadzor could throttle the service’s speed through equipment installed on the networks of telecom operators as part of the so-called sovereign Runet law.<\/p>\n

Experts say Roskomnadzor uses threat-countermeasure technologies (TSPU), operating via DPI. They allow isolating the traffic of a specific service from overall traffic and reducing its speed.<\/span><\/p>\n

The technical director of RosKomSvoboda, Stanislav Shakirov, told ForkLog that providers cooperating with Roskomnadzor slow down traffic heading to Twitter’s servers. He noted that when using a VPN, throttling does not occur: <\/span><\/p>\n

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I really hope that today’s incident will hasten the transition of internet users to the Encrypted SNI protocol, which will not allow blocking.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Earlier, experts stated<\/a> that it was DPI-equipped equipment used during the internet shutdown in Belarus.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Following the Belarus internet shutdown: how to bypass blocks and when it is impossible to do so<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n