• 3 months ago
Meta is banning several Russian state media outlets from using Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp over allegations they used deceptive tactics to carry out covert influence operations online.
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00:00MEDA announced on Monday that it is banning Russian state media outlets such as RT, Rossiya
00:07Segodnya and other related entities. The company claims the outlets had used deceptive tactics
00:13to carry out covert influence operations online. The ban marks an escalation in actions taken
00:20against Russian state media by MEDA, which had already blocked them from running ads
00:24and limited their reach. MEDA said it would apply the bans globally across all platforms,
00:30including Instagram, WhatsApp and Threads.

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