- Meta, the owner of platforms like Instagram, WhatsApp, and Threads, has announced a global ban on Russian state media outlets, including RT and Rossiya Segodnya, for engaging in “foreign interference activity.”
- The decision follows allegations that these media entities used deceptive tactics to influence social media users, aiming to amplify Moscow’s propaganda.
- The move comes after the U.S. filed charges against RT employees for funding influence campaigns on social media, highlighting the broader geopolitical tensions and efforts to mitigate foreign disinformation.
- This ban will prevent these outlets from posting on Meta’s platforms worldwide, marking an escalation in efforts to counter Russian covert influence operations. RT criticized the ban as an attempt to censor information flow globally. Read More
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