This ban also concerns the Instagram accounts of the two media.
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Western sanctions targeting Russia are also numerical. Five days after the start of the invasion of Ukraine, the Facebook pages of Russian state media Russia Today (RT) and Sputnik have been made inaccessible from all European countries, the social network announced on Monday (February 28th). . This ban also concerns the Instagram accounts of the two media.
“A number of governments and the European Union have asked us to take additional measures” targeting Moscow-controlled media, said the group’s head of public affairs, Nick Clegg. This justified the choice to comply of the social network by the “exceptional nature of the current situation”. “We will continue to work closely with governments on this issue”he added.
We have received requests from a number of Governments and the EU to take further steps in relation to Russian state controlled media. Given the exceptional nature of the current situation, we will be restricting access to RT and Sputnik across the EU at this time.
—Nick Clegg (@nickclegg) February 28, 2022
Meta Group, which owns Facebook and Instagram, is not alone in taking such action. The social network TikTok took a similar decision on Monday, reports The world.
On Sunday, the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen announced that the two media would be banned from the European Union in order to prevent them from broadcasting their “lies” about Moscow’s war in Ukraine. The RT France channel immediately announced its intention to challenge any blocking measure in court.