Mushrooms force Russia Reddit ban
The Russian government has blocked Reddit after complaints emerged addressing a thread offering advice on how to grow magic mushrooms.
Joining China and North Korea in censoring the service, Russian media watchdog Roskomnadzor blacklisted the site after a complaint from the nation’s drug control service.
The forum, hosts many drug-related communities including the marijuana-focused R/Trees sub-Reddit however it was a page on the growth of psychedelic mushrooms which irked the watchdog.
Latvian publisher Meduza broke the news, blaming a page entitled “Minimal and Reliable Methods for Growing Psilocybe".
Russian censors claimed they tried to contact Reddit administrators over the ban: “We assume that the website is simply understaffed during the summer holidays, but this is no excuse to risk its entire [Russian] audience.”
Reddit has yet to issue a statement on the ban.