back to article Russia threatens to block Reddit over dopey posts

Russia's telecommunications regulator, Roskomnadzor has taken to social media to ask Reddit to stop offering advice on how to grow drugs. The agency has posted to social network vk.com, Russia's second-most-popular site according to Alexa, to post news that it has received a request from Russia's Federal Drug Control Service ( …

  1. mIRCat
    Coat

    Coming up aces

    "Youtube, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and LiveJournal are all in the nation's top 25".

    I guess it may be time I knock the dust off my LiveJournal. I've never had a YouTube, Twatter, or Instagram account and I deactivated the FaceBook over a year ago.

    What's Russian for, "Will you marry me for citizenship?"

    1. Anonymous Coward
      Anonymous Coward

      Re: Coming up aces

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LiveJournal#Demographics

  2. msknight
    Coat

    If the Russians think Reddit will comply...

    ... then they must already have followed said advice; as they must surely be smoking something!

    (other than a gun barrel, that is.)

  3. Anonymous Coward
  4. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    Aaaah internet jurisdiction

    It must be SO annoying to have these services based in another country so that you have to rely on their goodwill to help them track down criminals...</sarcasm>

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