Facebook owner Meta will block access to Russia's RT, Sputnik in EU

By Elizabeth Culliford

-Meta Platforms Inc, mother or father firm of Fb, will limit entry to Russian state media retailers RT and Sputnik on its platforms throughout the European Union, the corporate’s head of world affairs stated on Monday.

Nick Clegg stated in a Twitter publish that the social media firm obtained requests from plenty of governments and the EU to take steps in relation to Russian state-controlled media on its platforms. Clegg stated Meta would proceed to work intently with governments on the problem.

The European Union stated on Sunday it might ban Russian state-owned tv community RT and information company Sputnik. Canadian telecoms operators have additionally stopped providing the RT channel.

Russian state-run media’s exercise on social media platforms has emerged as a contentious concern for large tech firms in the course of the nation’s invasion of Ukraine, which Moscow calls a “particular operation.”

Meta, Microsoft Corp and Alphabet Inc’s Google and YouTube have taken measures in current days to limit Russian state media from earning profits from advertisements on their platforms. Twitter Inc banned RT and Sputnik from promoting on its website in 2017.

Twitter stated on Monday it might label and limit the visibility of tweets containing content material from Russian state-affiliated media retailers, in an enlargement of its coverage to label the state media accounts.

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