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Russian Government Threatening To Block Reddit Over Cannabis

Posted by samzenpus on from the no-smoking dept.

An anonymous reader writes: The Russian Government is threatening to block the social linking site Reddit across its country if they do not comply with removing a thread dedicated to growing cannabis. According to a post on VK.com, Roskomnadzor the Russian FCC, has asked Reddit administrator to read their emails and their social media posts stating that they want /r/trees brought down which had posted an article about growing narcotic plants. Recently, Reddit changed its rules to allow illegal discussions on its site but they say that they would continue to block things such as copyrighted material.

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  1. "allow illegal discussions on its site" by YoungManKlaus · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Discussing cannabis growth is not illegal. Actually growing cannabis is.

    1. Re:"allow illegal discussions on its site" by aevan · · Score: 4, Insightful

      This is Russia. This is Russian Government. I'd wager illegal is whatever they decide it is.

  2. approved discussion topics by Black+Parrot · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The Central Committee has, however, approved and recommended the following:

    • How to get elected with fire bombs and terror scares.
    • How to co-govern with former-KGB and organized crime.
    • How to take territory back from former provinces.
    • How to shoot down airliners.
    • How to hate on Company of Heroes 2.
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    Sheesh, evil *and* a jerk. -- Jade
    1. Re:approved discussion topics by KiloByte · · Score: 3, Insightful

      How to get elected with fire bombs and terror scares.

      Actually, discussing how the FSB staged bombings to boost the Dear Leader's ratings gets you polonium tea.

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      The creatures outside looked from Alt-Right to Antifa; but already it was impossible to say which was which.
  3. Re:It's already BEEN blocked. by barc0001 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    It isn't something a lot of Reddit users and probably admins disagree with so that is probably part of it. More importantly it's illegal in Russia and most of the world, but it is LEGAL in 4 (and counting) US states. So does Reddit start banning things that are illegal only in some places? What happens when Saudi Arabia's government objects to threads being posted with pictures showing women not appropriately dressed for Saudi Arabian standards? Or the subreddits for beer and craft brewing, etc I am sure are all highly illegal in several Muslim countries, gotta ban those too right?