Russia-Ukraine disaster: In an try to supply a way security to residents of Ukraine amid the continued Russian occupation, Meta Platforms Inc has restricted some accounts in Ukraine, together with some accounts belonging to Russian state media organizations, on the request of the Ukrainian authorities, the corporate’s head of world affairs Nick Clegg mentioned in a tweet on Sunday.
Nick Clegg took to Twitter to share, “the Ukrainians have additionally instructed that we take away entry to Fb and Instagram in Russia. Nevertheless, individuals in Russia are utilizing FB and IG to protest and manage towards the conflict and as a supply of unbiased data.”
He mentioned the Russian authorities was already throttling Meta’s platform to forestall these actions and that turning off its companies would “silence essential expression at a vital time.”
Meta shared in a launch, “now we have been involved with the federal government of Ukraine. At their request, now we have restricted entry to a number of accounts in Ukraine, together with these belonging to some Russian state media organizations. We’re additionally reviewing different authorities requests to limit Russian state managed media.”
Meta additional introduced that they added a number of security options in Ukraine, together with the power for individuals to lock their Fb profile, eradicating the power to view and search mates lists, and extra instruments on Messenger. “We’re taking in depth steps to battle the unfold of misinformation by increasing our third-party fact-checking capability in Russian and Ukrainian. We’re additionally offering extra transparency round state-controlled media shops, prohibiting advertisements from Russian state media and demonetizing their accounts,” it mentioned.
Supply: Live Mint