Meta, the parent company of Facebook, decided to waive its hate speech rules and allow besieged Ukrainians to share their fury and despair, which led to the decision to cut off its 80 million Russian users.
Russia has blocked both Facebook and Twitter. The Russian agency that monitors and censors media in the country gave 26 cases of discrimination against Russian media and information resources to Facebook.
On the other hand, many Western companies are cutting ties with Russia in protest of Putin's war. Russians are becoming more isolated and subject to the messaging of a single regime.
Since the February 24 invasion, a number of media companies that were not subject to state control have been blocked. The news diet of Russian citizens was becoming restrictive before the bans.
Thousands of Russians have risked their lives for protesting the war in Ukraine, but many others don't believe it's happening.
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