Meta bans Russian state media over 'foreign influence'

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Meta is banning several Russian state media outlets from using Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp over allegations they used deceptive tactics to carry out covert influence operations online.

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00:00MEDA announced on Monday that it is banning Russian state media outlets such as RT, Rossiya

00:07Segodnya and other related entities. The company claims the outlets had used deceptive tactics

00:13to carry out covert influence operations online. The ban marks an escalation in actions taken

00:20against Russian state media by MEDA, which had already blocked them from running ads

00:24and limited their reach. MEDA said it would apply the bans globally across all platforms,

00:30including Instagram, WhatsApp and Threads.

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