Meta, mum or dad firm of Facebook, will prohibit entry to Russian state media retailers RT and Sputnik on its platforms throughout the European Union, the corporate’s head of worldwide affairs stated on Monday.

Nick Clegg stated in a Twitter submit that the social media firm acquired requests from plenty of governments and the EU to take steps in relation to Russian state-controlled media on its platforms. Clegg stated Meta would proceed to work carefully with governments on the problem.

The European Union stated on Sunday it might ban Russian state-owned tv community RT and information company Sputnik. Canadian telecoms operators have additionally stopped providing the RT channel.

Russian state-run media’s exercise on social media platforms has emerged as a contentious subject for giant tech corporations through the nation’s invasion of Ukraine, which Moscow calls a “special operation.”

Meta, Microsoft, and Alphabet’s Google and YouTube have taken measures in latest days to limit Russian state media from earning money from advertisements on their platforms. Twitter banned RT and Sputnik from promoting on its web site in 2017.

Twitter stated on Monday it might label and prohibit the visibility of tweets containing content material from Russian state-affiliated media retailers, in an enlargement of its coverage to label the state media accounts.

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