Russia threatens retaliation over Facebook 'censorship' of RT

Government-backed network was temporarily banned from posting images, videos or live streams for about 20 hours, possibly over a copyright issue

Hardly a day goes by without Facebook landing itself in a censorship row, but the social media giant's latest kerfuffle - a temporary ban of the Russian government-backed network RT - has drawn threats of retaliation from the Russian state censor.

RT was barred from posting images, videos or live streams on its Facebook page for about 20 hours, possibly over a copyright issue related to its stream of Barack Obama's final press conference on Wednesday, according to the network. The network said it streamed a subscription Associated Press feed, which should not have violated any rights.