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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. It's already BEEN blocked. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    https://www.reddit.com/r/tifu/comments/3grpdf/tifu_by_getting_reddit_banned_in_russia/

  2. "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. Re:"allow illegal discussions on its site" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

      in some jurisdictions.

      An in some jurisdictions possession/sale is illegal.

      In most parts of the world there are landrace species of cannabis that just grows wild, as nature intended.