Russia bans Facebook and Twitter from operating in the country

There is a report that Russia has blocked access to the micro-messaging service.

• Russia's Roskomnadzor has banned Facebook from the country.
• 70 million Russian citizens actively use Facebook every month and will no longer be able to access the platform.
• The move follows Meta's ban of Russian state-controlled media from its own platform.

Russian Facebook users are no longer able to access the social platform as of March 4, 2022, as a result of the platform being banned in the country. The ban on the platform was initiated by the Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media.

Meta is guilty of discrimination against Russian media and information resources according to the Russian government.

Meta's President of Global Affairs, Nick Clegg, issued a statement about Facebook being banned.

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Millions of ordinary Russians will soon be cut off from reliable information, deprived of their everyday ways of connecting with family and friends and silenced from speaking out. We will continue to do everything we can to restore our services so they are available to people who want to express themselves and organize for action.

Russia is working to ban any platform that does not allow its own state-controlled media to operate. Russia's Roskomnadzor is responsible for monitoring and censoring electronic media, mass communications, information technology and telecommunications, supervising compliance with the law, protecting the confidentiality of personal data being processed, and organizing the work of the radio-frequency service.

The European Union has banned outlets like Sputnik News, but they are still accessible on other social platforms.