Russia blocks Facebook amid growing crackdown on what It calls dissent
Russia appears poised to also ban TikTok soon. Roskomnadzor said on Friday it sent a letter to the administrator of TikTok"demanding to explain the reasons for deleting news stories published on the official account of the Russian news agency RIA Novosti."
Roskomnadzor said there were seven cases of"discrimination" against official accounts of Russian media and public figures on TikTok. It added the social network had violated"the key principles of the free distribution of information and unhindered access to it" when deleting the stories from the Russian news agency's account.
The U.S. State Department said on Wednesday that Russia's government is"throttling Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram platforms that tens of millions of Russia's citizens rely on to access independent information and opinions." The department added that Russians also use these platforms to connect with each other and the outside world, according to Reuters.
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