Making Facebook and Twitter inaccessible will deprive citizens of information channels not controlled by the state.
In response to the closure by Facebook of disinformation and media networks supported by Russia, the state has blocked access to Facebook in the Russian Federation. and it seems that too Twitter is no longer accessible.
Now that on Facebook and Instagram it is no longer possible to access the pages of Russia Today and Sputnikthe Roskomnadzor (the Russian media regulator) has decided to cut out A half from the nation, also considering the 26 cases of discrimination against Russian media, according to the statements of the institution. Meta would have violated “the rights and freedoms of Russian citizens“.
Nick Clegg, Meta’s president of global affairs, said blocking the platform in turn meant cutting out millions of Russians from reliable information, depriving them of communications with friends and family and “silencing them”: “we will continue to do everything in our power to restore services so as to keep them available and ensure that people can express themselves safely and organize themselves”.
Friday, the Kremlin authorized a bill that criminalizes anything deemed to be one fake news according to the government’s internal narrative on the war: up to 15 years of incarceration are foreseen for its violation.
State information, therefore, where it has not received external restrictions (for example Bloomberg and the BBCwho have temporarily stopped their services in Russia, or the CNN who has permanently raised the curtains), is imposing them by controlling the war narrative.
Source: The Guardian
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