The parody Putin account had attracted more than 50,000 followers before it was shut down. MOSCOW—Russian social media users are voicing their outrage at Twitter’s decision to suspend popular accounts parodying President Vladimir Putin and other officials. Numerous social media accounts that parodied Russian President Vladimir Putin and other government officials have been unavailable since Tuesday. Estonian Toomas Hendrik Ilves, an avid social media user, condemned the suspension calling it “one of the funniest parody accounts around.” Social media users launched the #NoGulagForDarthPutinKGB hashtag on Twitter in protest.

Source: thestar June 01, 2016 15:33 UTC