THE BBC website, Facebook and Twitter were blocked in Russia yesterday. State censorship agency Roskomnadzor cut off access in a Kremlin crackdown. BBC boss Tim Davie said: “Truth is often the firs…
Putin's state censorship agency Roskomnadzor cut off access in a Kremlin crackdown"In a conflict where disinformation and propaganda is rife, there is a need for factual and independent news people can trust.”With Facebook, the regulator said there had been 26 cases of discrimination against Russian media by the platform since October 2020.
Radio Free Europe, one of the continent’s biggest independent news outlets, and Maduza, one of the largest Russian in-exile news sites, were also banned.
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