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Russia blocked the public’s access to social networks Facebook and Twitter in the country on Friday (4), agencies say. Russia’s media regulator (Roskomnadzor) has decided to block the social network Facebook in response to what has been classified as “censorship” of Russian vehicle accounts, amid the invasion action in Ukraine.
“On March 4, it was decided to block access to the social network Facebook, controlled by Meta, on the territory of the Russian Federation”, indicated the regulatory body, in a statement, according to the local news agency “Interfax”. Roskomnadzor had already partially restricted access to the platform at the end of February, after the start of the Russian government’s call for a “special military operation” in Ukraine.
The measure was justified in response to restrictions imposed against four Russian media outlets, the military television station “Zvezda”, the state news agency “RIA Novosti”, the website “Lenta” and the newspaper “Gazeta”.
The Office of the Attorney General of Russia, for its part, stated that Facebook “illegally restricted the dissemination through internet users of socially important information on the territory of the Russian Federation, including messages and materials from registered vehicles, in connection with the imposition of of political and economic sanctions by foreign countries”.
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