Meta banned Russian state media from its apps this week over claims the state-owned media networks were running covert foreign interference operations.
Russian officials are accusing Meta of 'overt censorship' after the company banned Russian state media networks from its apps. RT, Rossiya Segodnya and other state media accounts were blocked around the world over claims they carried out covert operations to influence social media users.
' Read more:One network vows to 'crawl through the cracks' Meta had already restricted the reach and advertising capabilities of the accounts, but further action came days after the US Department of Justice accused RT of deceiving social media users. In an indictment against the company, the US officials said RT had released thousands of English language videos through an English language account while hiding the fact they had been produced by RT.
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