Russia starts blocking and throttling Western tech platforms including Facebook, cutting itself off from the rest of the world's internet like China
Russia is beginning to block or limit access to Western technology platforms, including Facebook, cutting itself and its citizens off from the rest of the world's internet in drastic fashion as the Ukraine invasion intensifies and criticism increases.
Roskomnadzor, the country's tech and communications regulator, said Friday it has fully blocked access to Facebook, owned by the US tech giant Meta Platforms. The regulator did not specify if access would also be restricted to Instagram or WhatsApp, which are also part of Meta.in Russia over the past week, too. Twitter told Insider on Friday that it has not been blocked in the country, though.
In a press release also posted in English to messaging service Telegram, Roskomnadzor accused Facebook of about two dozen instances of"discrimination" since 2020. The regulator also cited Facebook's recent decision to restrict user access to Russian government-backed news outlets such as Sputnik and Russia Today.
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