Chechen prosecutors have asked authorities to close 85 pages of the VKontakte social network. The pages, they say, contain extremist materials and cartoons of French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo.The request filed to the court orders Internet providers of Chechnya to block access to the materials.The court in Turkey demanded on January 25 that Facebook blocked access to accounts containing materials offending Prophet Muhammad. Refusal of Facebook to comply would lead to its total ban in Turkey.
Chechen prosecutors have asked authorities to close 85 pages of the VKontakte social network. The pages, they say, contain extremist materials and cartoons of French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo.
The request filed to the court orders Internet providers of Chechnya to block access to the materials.
The court in Turkey demanded on January 25 that Facebook blocked access to accounts containing materials offending Prophet Muhammad. Refusal of Facebook to comply would lead to its total ban in Turkey.
