Kremlin slams Meta ban on Russian state media as 'unacceptable' [View all]
Meta said it is banning Russian state media outlets from its apps around the world, prompting an angry reaction from the Kremlin on Tuesday.
The ban comes after the United States accused RT and employees of the state-run outlet of funneling $10 million through shell entities to covertly fund influence campaigns on social media channels including TikTok, Instagram, X, and YouTube, according to an unsealed indictment.
"After careful consideration, we expanded our ongoing enforcement against Russian state media outlets," Meta said on Monday in response to an AFP inquiry.
"Rossiya Segodnya, RT and other related entities are now banned from our apps globally for foreign interference activity," said Meta, whose apps include Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Threads.
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