Russia blocks social networks Twitter and Facebook

In the face of conflicts between Russia and Ukraine, the Russian government prevents its citizens from following up on the conflict.

As the Russian forces advance in their attacks, Russia decides to block access to Twitter as a measure to stifle information through social networks.

This is one of the tactics that the Russian government is using, by blocking social networks, since they are aware that these platforms have a wide flow of information, which can also be used for espionage.

NetBlock, a non-governmental organization that monitors cybersecurity and Internet governance, has been tracking connection failures at major telecom providers in Russia.

At the moment, Russians can only access Twitter through a VPN, because direct access is completely blocked.

From the BBC television network, it was reported that said blockade and described that it is "severely down".

Some time ago, the country had already threatened Twitter with blocking it for allowing the publication of supposedly "illegal" content.

In addition to Twitter, the government decided to block the social network Facebook on Friday night. This decision was made after the platform removed four accounts from state media organizations.

President Vladimir Putin received this deletion of accounts as a complete violation of the rights and freedoms of Russian citizens.