Meta Corporation blocks RT, Rossiya Segodnya accounts on its platforms
Meta has not yet responded to a request from TASS to comment | Meta Corporation, which is recognized as extremist in the Russian Federation, has blocked the accounts of a number of Russian media outlets on its platforms, including RT and the Rossiya Segodnya media group, NBC reported citing a statement from a Meta representative. [...] On September 4, the US Department of the Treasury announced that it was imposing sanctions on RT TV channel editor-in-chief Margarita Simonyan and her two deputies. In addition, the US Department of State is tightening the rules for working with the Rossiya Segodnya media group, RIA Novosti, RT, TV-Novosti, Ruptly and Sputnik. Since 2022, the countries of the so-called collective West have introduced about 150 different restrictions against Russian media and journalists, according to statistics from the Russian Foreign Ministry, published on the ministry’s official website.
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