Russia partially restricts access to Facebook to ‘protect Russian media’
by Dan Milmo, Kari Paul and agencies from Technology | The Guardian on (#5WG36)
Restrictions come after Facebook limits Kremlin-backed media accounts in wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine
Russian authorities have announced the partial restriction" of access to Facebook after the social media network limited the accounts of several Kremlin-backed media organisations after Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.
The state communications watchdog, Roskomnadzor, demanded that Facebook lift restrictions it said the company had placed on state news agency RIA Novosti, state TV channel Zvezda, and pro-Kremlin news sites Lenta.ru and Gazeta.ru. The restrictions placed by Facebook on the sites included marking their content as unreliable, Roskomnadzor said.
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