Russia restricts access to Facebook

Saturday, 26 February 2022Newsdesk

Russia has limited access to Facebook over the platform's stance on the accounts of several Moscow-backed news outlets amid the invasion of Ukraine.

New Delhi, 26 February 2022

As per news report of BBC, Russia's communications regulator Roskomnadzor accused the network of "censorship" and violating "the rights and freedoms of Russian citizens". Facebook said it had refused to stop fact-checking and labelling content from state-owned news organisations. The move came a day after Russia launched its attack on Ukraine. It is unclear what the regulator restrictions mean, or to what extent Facebook's parent company Meta's other platforms - WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger and Instagram - are affected.

Source - BBC