Russia will partially restrict access to Facebook in the country after the platform allegedly imposed restrictions on the accounts of Russian media outlets with ties to the Kremlin.
Anti-Putin opposition activists wave a flag as they attend an unsanctioned rally.
The Zvezda TV network, the RIA Novosti news agency, and the Lenta.ru and Gazeta.ru websites were restricted by Facebook on Thursday.
The Russian regulators claimed that Facebook ignored their request to remove the restrictions.
The statement said that Facebook had violated a Russian law by censoring its citizens.
There have been 23 cases of Facebook censorship of Russian media.
It's not clear what restrictions the four Kremlin-back media accounts were placed under and what partial restriction to Facebook in Russia will look like.
A Russian court fined Facebook's parent company $27.15 million for refusing to take down content that featured protests in support of the jailed opposition leader. The assasination attempt was on the orders of Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to Navalny, who said that evidence was uncovered in a joint investigation by Bellingcat, The Insider, and CNN. Navalny's supporters have used Facebook to organize protests. Thousands of people have taken part in demonstrations around the world to condemn the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanked the Russian anti-war protesters early Friday morning, saying the pressure they have put on their government will force the Kremlin to negotiate.
The launch of a special military operation in Ukraine was announced by Putin early Thursday. The invasion caused a lot of backlash and sanctions.
Forbes Ukraine Live is a website.
There are photos of anti-war protesters around the world.
Russia fined Meta and Google for failing to remove banned content.
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