Meta has banned Russian state media from its social networks

Kremlin spokesman Dmytro Peskov has already reacted to this decision.

Meta said it was banning RT, Rossiya Segodnya and other Russian state media networks from its platforms because these media used deception tactics to carry out covert online influence operations, writes Reuters .

“After careful review, we have expanded our current measures against Russian state media. Rossiya Segodnya, RT and other related organizations are now banned from our apps worldwide for activities related to foreign interference,” the statement said. written statement of the social network.

It is known that in addition to Facebook, Meta also has such applications as Instagram, WhatsApp and Threads. Before the ban, RT had more than 7.2 million followers on Facebook and more than 1 million followers on Instagram.Video of the day

At the same time, Dmytro Peskov, the press secretary of the Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, reacted to this decision:

“With these actions, Meta discredits itself. Such selective actions against the Russian mass media are unacceptable. … This complicates the prospects of normalizing our relations with Meta.”

Cyberattacks on the institutions of the Russian Federation – what is known

As UNIAN wrote, recently, Ukrainian intelligence has once again attacked the largest banks of the Russian Federation . It is noted that as a result of the operation, the work of the largest banking institutions of the aggressor state, which ensure the activities of the occupiers, was disrupted.

It also became known that cyber specialists of the State Security Service successfully attacked the resources of military enterprises of the Russian Federation . It is noted that enterprises that manufacture elements for the radio-electronic base, other spare parts for Russian weapons and metal processing equipment were under attack.

(C)UNIAN 2024