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Facebook owner Meta bans Russian state media outlets

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Facebook owner Meta said on Monday it was banning RT, Rossiya Segodnya and other Russian state media networks, alleging the outlets used deceptive tactics to carry out influence operations while evading detection on the social media company’s platforms.

RT and others alleged to have used deceptive tactics

The RT logo is seen on a smartphone on Feb. 26, 2022. It and other Russian state media outlets were banned by Meta on Monday. (Dado Ruvic/Illustration/Reuters)

Facebook owner Meta said on Monday it was banning RT, Rossiya Segodnya and other Russian state media networks, alleging the outlets used deceptive tactics to carry out influence operations while evading detection on the social media company’s platforms.

“After careful consideration, we expanded our ongoing enforcement against Russian state media outlets. Rossiya Segodnya, RT and other related entities are now banned from our apps globally for foreign interference activity,” the company said in a written statement.

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