“Roskomnadzor asked the Meta administration to lift the restrictions imposed by Facebook on Russian media and to explain the reason for their imposition. But the request was ignored by the owners of the social network,” the agency said.
Alphabet’s Google and the owner of Facebook. Meta, they have also banned Russian state-controlled media outlets from making money through ads on their platforms.
During this geopolitical context, social networks, as well as other digital platforms, have become one of the main channels of communication between citizens in Russia and outside that country.
Meanwhile, in Ukraine, Facebook announced the measure that citizens can block their accounts and pages as a form of security against armed conflict. Additionally, users can block unknown people, a tool the company rolled out after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan last year.
With information from Reuters.