Russia's internet regulators have decided to block Facebook in response to the company blocking Russian state propaganda.
The country's authorities are starting to tighten up on the dissemination of information within its borders, which is a worrying sign. It fits into a larger pattern, with antiwar demonstrators in Moscow risking everything right now, where they are being arrested by the thousands.
The reason for shutting down the largest social network in the world was due to discrimination against Russian media and information resources.
The administration of Meta Platforms, Inc. was asked to remove the restrictions imposed on Russian media by the social network Facebook.
The VP of global affairs at Meta wrote in a statement last week that Russian authorities ordered them to stop the independent fact-checking and labeling of content posted on Facebook by four Russian state-owned media organizations.
He said that they refused.
In light of Russia blocking the platform, Clegg expanded on the company's position.
He said in a statement that soon millions of ordinary Russians will be cut off from reliable information, deprived of their everyday ways of connecting with family and friends and silenced from speaking out.
The spread of free information is being cracked down on. It might backfire, as the blocking of Facebook will also cut off one of the biggest sources of online misinformation and propaganda.
Russia says it will block Facebook.
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