Meta bans Russian state media outlets

Escalating a US-wide crackdown

Tom Allen
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Meta bans Russian state media outlets

Facebook owner Meta is banning outlets including RT and Rossiya Segodnya, alleging they carry out "foreign interference activity."

The banned media outlets are all owned and/or operated by the Russian government. Meta says they use deceptive tactics to carry out influence operations, and as a result has banned the outlets from...

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