Russian media group condemns blocking by Facebook
Russian media group condemns blocking by Facebook
Moscow, Mar 8 (Prensa Latina) The media group Rossiya Segodnya (Russia Today, RT) described the blocking of its publications by the Facebook social network as an act of censorship and called for an end to these practices.
The Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media (Roskomnadzor) demanded that Facebook restore access to publications on various sites of Russian media.
The censored journalistic materials were related to the arrest of supporters of a Ukrainian neo-Nazi group by the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation, the Sputnik news agency reported.
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