Russia partially restricts access to Facebook to ‘protect Russian media’

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The accounts of four Russian media outlets have 888-492-0 888-492-0's, which is 888-492-0's, after the Russian government partially blocked access to Facebook in the country.

In a statement on Friday, Russia's tech and communications regulator said that Facebook was violating the rights and freedoms of Russian citizens.

On February 24th, the Russian regulators sent a request to the administration of Meta Platforms, Inc. to remove the restrictions imposed by the social network Facebook on Russian media.

Meta has yet to publicly confirm the actions it took against the Russian media accounts, though they likely have to do with state-backed propaganda about Russia's invasion of Ukraine. It's not clear what the partial restrictions against Facebook mean or if the government is also blocking access to the popular messaging service. A person for Meta had no comment.