{"id":412549,"date":"2022-03-04T21:47:08","date_gmt":"2022-03-04T18:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/russia-blocks-facebook-twitter-for-propaganda-sites-discrimination\/"},"modified":"2022-03-04T21:47:08","modified_gmt":"2022-03-04T18:47:08","slug":"russia-blocks-facebook-twitter-for-propaganda-sites-discrimination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/russia-blocks-facebook-twitter-for-propaganda-sites-discrimination\/","title":{"rendered":"#Russia blocks Facebook, Twitter for propaganda sites &#8216;discrimination&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3b59d9693e3\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3b59d9693e3\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/russia-blocks-facebook-twitter-for-propaganda-sites-discrimination\/#%E2%80%9CRussia_blocks_Facebook_Twitter_for_propaganda_sites_%E2%80%98discrimination%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Russia blocks Facebook, Twitter for propaganda sites &#8216;discrimination&#8217;&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1>&#8220;Russia blocks Facebook, Twitter for propaganda sites &#8216;discrimination'&#8221;<\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Russia has blocked\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> and possibly Twitter as part of a censorship push during the\u00a0country\u2019s brutal invasion of Ukraine.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The country\u2019s media regulator said Facebook had been banned in retaliation for its \u201cdiscrimination\u201d against state propaganda sites. The regulator also banned Twitter, Russian\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>wire Interfax\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.interfax.ru\/russia\/826411\">reported<\/a>\u00a0Friday, though Twitter said its service <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>eared blocked only for some people in Russia and it wasn\u2019t aware of a blanket ban.<\/p>\n<p>It also comes days after both companies\u00a0blocked access to Russian state propaganda outlets RT and Sputnik in the European Union.<\/p>\n<p>In response, Facebook said it would do everything it could to restore service in Russia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSoon, millions of people will find themselves cut off from reliable information, deprived of their everyday ways of connecting with family and friends and silenced from speaking out,\u201d said Nick Clegg, the president of global affairs for Facebook\u2019s parent company, Meta.<\/p>\n<p>Clegg, a former deputy prime minister of the UK, said Facebook would work to restore service to the country so its users could \u201csafely and securely express themselves and organize for action.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Russia\u2019s state media regulator, Roskomnadzor, claimed in a statement that 26 cases of \u201cdiscrimination against Russian media and information resources\u201d had been logged against Facebook.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn recent days, the social network has restricted access to accounts: the Zvezda TV channel, the RIA Novosti news agency, Sputnik, Russia Today, the Lenta.ru and gazeta.ru,\u201d the regulator claimed. \u201cThe above restrictions are prohibited by federal law,\u201d Roskomnadzor said. <\/p>\n<p>While Volodymyr Zelensky was not mentioned in the statement, the Ukrainian president has used Facebook and Twitter to share videos giving updates on the war and urge Putin to withdraw his troops.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/russia-ukraine-facebook-03.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Volodymyr Zelensky\" class=\"wp-image-21418349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/russia-ukraine-facebook-03.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/russia-ukraine-facebook-03.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/russia-ukraine-facebook-03.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has used Facebook to share videos giving updates on the war. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">\u2013<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Internet-famous Russians including the influencer daughters of politicians and oligarchs have also used Meta-owned Instagram to speak out against Russia\u2019s invasion.\u00a0<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n<p><strong>Get the latest<\/strong> <strong>updates<\/strong> <strong>in the Russia-Ukraine conflict with The Post\u2019s live coverage.<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n<p>Prior to Friday\u2019s ban, Russia had also shut down several independent media outlets and \u201cthrottled\u201d social media sites including Facebook and Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>Meta-owned Instagram and WhatsApp appeared to still be allowed in Russia on Friday.\u00a0\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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The regulator also banned Twitter, Russian\u00a0newswire Interfax\u00a0reported\u00a0Friday, though Twitter said its&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":412550,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/russia-ukraine-facebook-01.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=1024","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70897],"tags":[126404,4974,83615,4975,70868,126128],"class_list":["post-412549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-3-4-22","tag-facebook","tag-moscow","tag-russia","tag-ukraine","tag-ukraine-war"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=412549"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412549\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/412550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=412549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=412549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=412549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}