Heat on U.S. social media platforms is now blowing from Russia whose lower house of parliament inked a series of bills this week cracking down on sites that Moscow says discriminate against its media.Twitter labels some Russian media ‘state-affiliated,’ for instance, which Moscow objects to, according to news reports.Backers of the new Russian laws — which could lead to the blocking or slowing down of leading U.S.
social media sites in the country — draw on ready-made complaints from the U.S. where lawmakers and others particularly on the right have ratcheted up accusations that the platforms are biased.Opposition leaders like Alexei Navalny, who has accused government agents of trying to poison him in August, use the social media platforms
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