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The article seems to hint that the block is made by Russian government, not from Twitter themselves, is there any way of confirming this either way? The title h

The article seems to hint that the block is made by Russian government, not from Twitter themselves, is there any way of confirming this either way? The title here on HN is a bit unclear as well if the block is made by Twitter or if the block is made by Russia.

aix1 5y ago
This doesn't directly answer your question, but yesterday Roskomnadzor[1] has announced that they would "partially block" Facebook in Russia [2, 3]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Service_for_Supervision_of_Communications,_Information_Technology_and_Mass_Media https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Service_for_Supervisio... [2] https://www.rbc.ru/politics/25/02/2022/6219031a9a7947cb20dce884 https://www.rbc.ru/politics/25/02/2022/6219031a9a7947cb20dce... [3] I was going to provide a direct link but Roskomnadzor's site appears to be down at the moment... lol
HlessClaudesman 5y ago
Russian authorities, they realise how badly it is going, scared of an informed populace.
- iso1210 5y ago
  > scared of an informed populace So why block twitter?
  - johnisgood 5y ago
    Haha, indeed. I do not get informed on either Twitter or Facebook. Everyone is an expert there in everything, and 99% is bullshit.
    - lifty 5y ago
      Twitter has been a great source of information during this invasion. There are a few lists of reliable journalists that produce content around the clock.
- aix1 5y ago
  The handful of independent media that are still allowed to exist in Russia all got a written warning this morning requiring them to use the term "special operation" and not "war", "attack" or "invasion". [1] https://www.rosbalt.ru/russia/2022/02/26/1946076.html https://www.rosbalt.ru/russia/2022/02/26/1946076.html
  - jacquesm 5y ago
    It works. Russian commenter on HN used those exact same terms, so people really start to think in them.
dunkelheit 5y ago
No official info from Roscomnadzor, and I wouldn't expect them to be shy about announcing it (in fact they already throttled twitter a few months ago).
NelsonMinar 5y ago
It seems very unlikely that Twitter would block a whole country, particularly in the middle of a crisis like this.

aix1 5y ago

This doesn't directly answer your question, but yesterday Roskomnadzor[1] has announced that they would "partially block" Facebook in Russia [2, 3]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Service_for_Supervision_of_Communications,_Information_Technology_and_Mass_Media https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Service_for_Supervisio... [2] https://www.rbc.ru/politics/25/02/2022/6219031a9a7947cb20dce884 https://www.rbc.ru/politics/25/02/2022/6219031a9a7947cb20dce... [3] I was going to provide a direct link but Roskomnadzor's site appears to be down at the moment... lol

HlessClaudesman 5y ago

Russian authorities, they realise how badly it is going, scared of an informed populace.

iso1210 5y ago
> scared of an informed populace So why block twitter?
- johnisgood 5y ago
  Haha, indeed. I do not get informed on either Twitter or Facebook. Everyone is an expert there in everything, and 99% is bullshit.
  - lifty 5y ago
    Twitter has been a great source of information during this invasion. There are a few lists of reliable journalists that produce content around the clock.
aix1 5y ago
The handful of independent media that are still allowed to exist in Russia all got a written warning this morning requiring them to use the term "special operation" and not "war", "attack" or "invasion". [1] https://www.rosbalt.ru/russia/2022/02/26/1946076.html https://www.rosbalt.ru/russia/2022/02/26/1946076.html
- jacquesm 5y ago
  It works. Russian commenter on HN used those exact same terms, so people really start to think in them.

dunkelheit 5y ago

No official info from Roscomnadzor, and I wouldn't expect them to be shy about announcing it (in fact they already throttled twitter a few months ago).

NelsonMinar 5y ago

It seems very unlikely that Twitter would block a whole country, particularly in the middle of a crisis like this.