Russia Accuses Twitter of Violating Law by Not Deleting Banned Content

Russia’s communications watchdog accused Twitter Inc. of violating Russian law by failing to delete banned content for the past several years, putting more pressure on a platform used by Kremlin opposition activists and exposing it to potential fines. The federal communications regulator, which has been increasingly cracking down on the Russian internet, said that the U.S. social-media company failed to delete 2,862 posts since 2017 with content linked to suicide, pornography and drugs.