Facebook Owner Meta Bans RT, Other Russian Media Over Alleged Foreign Interference

Meta said on Monday that it was banning RT, Rossiya Segodnya, and other Russian state media outlets from its social media platforms due to alleged foreign interference activity. Meta said that Russian state media outlets will be blocked from accessing Meta’s apps globally, including Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Threads. “After careful consideration, we expanded our ongoing enforcement against Russian state media outlets,” Meta said in a statement. “Rossiya Segodnya, RT and other related entities are now banned from our apps globally for foreign interference activity.” RT posted on the social media platform X that “Meta can ban us all it wants” while listing links to other alternative platforms....