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The blocking of Meta Platforms in Russia is the process of blocking access and subsequent banning of Meta Platforms' social networks in Russia due to allowing Facebook and Instagram users to wish the death of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, as well as to call for violence against Russian servicemen participating in Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
This is a list of notable websites that have been blocked or censored in Russia, including current and past blocks. The Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media (Roskomnadzor) has maintained an official mandatory list since 2012.
Russia's press agencies (including the most important Ria-Novosti and Itar-Tass) were also well represented in the Web. [31] In April 2008 Agence France-Presse noted that, "The Internet is the freest area of the media in Russia, where almost all television and many newspapers are under formal or unofficial government control". [35]
WhatsApp's parent company Meta Platforms Inc was branded an "extremist" organisation by Moscow in 2022 and other Meta services - Facebook and Instagram - are now banned in Russia, but can still be ...
Meta said it's banning Russia state media organization from its social media platforms, alleging that the outlets used deceptive tactics to amplify Moscow's propaganda. The announcement drew a ...
U.S. tech giant Google has paid Russia more than 32 million roubles ($455,079) in fines for failing to delete content Moscow deems illegal, the company and a Russian lawmaker said after talks on ...
India imposed a three-day ban on Facebook and other social media sites during the riots in Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh after the conviction of Baba Ram Rahim Singh in 2017. [ citation needed ] Censorship on Facebook increased by 19% in 6 months in 2014; India led the list of content removal in 2014.
A Russian court on Tuesday (September 14) said it had fined U.S. social media giants Facebook and Twitter for failing to delete content that Moscow deems illegal.The move forms part of a wider ...