Russia’s Internet censor says it will block access to Facebook but not WhatsApp and Instagram


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DATE: March 5, 2022, 10:21 a.m.

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  1. Russia's Internet control on Friday reported it intends to hinder admittance to Facebook, a sensational advance that will slice Russian residents' admittance to data about the conflict in Ukraine.
  2. Roskomnadzor, the country's Internet restriction organization, reported the choice in a Telegram post, where it blamed Meta-claimed Facebook for abusing regulations by hindering the free progression of data to Russia and Russian media on its foundation.
  3. The move addresses a huge shift for the Russian Internet environment, which is quickly wandering from the West as Russia's Internet office gets serious about Western media and some Western tech organizations pull administration from Russia. Russia is one of just a small bunch of state-run administrations all over the planet to impede Facebook, joining China and North Korea.
  4. White House press secretary Jen Psaki said during a news preparation Friday that the limitations on Facebook were essential for Russia's more extensive endeavors to restrict residents' admittance to news about the conflict in Ukraine. She noticed that the public authority has additionally taken action against columnists in the nation, taking steps to fine or prison them for utilizing prohibited words to portray the Russian attack into Ukraine.
  5. “This is a pattern,” she said. “So certainly we are deeply concerned about this.

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