FILE - In this Wednesday, March 10, 2021 file photo, a mobile phone user turns on the Twitter application on his smartphone in Moscow, Russia. A court in Moscow on Friday April 2, 2021, fined Twitter for not taking down calls encouraging minors to take part in unauthorized rallies, the latest in a series of moves against the social media giant that has been used to amplify dissent in Russia. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)
Twitter slowdown in Russia until mid-May; no block for now By Associated Press AP
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MOSCOW (AP) Russian authorities said Monday they would continue to slow down Twitter until mid-May, but wouldn t block the social media platform for now because it has started to remove banned content faster.
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