Facebook demonetizes Russian pages worldwide.
Social network will prohibit Russian state media from running ads and monetizing the platform due to the ongoing military operation.
Sputnik - This Saturday (26), Facebook's head of security policy, Nathaniel Gleicher, announced measures against Russian state media amid Russia's ongoing military operation in Ukraine.
According to Gleicher, the social network will prohibit Russian state media from running ads and monetizing the platform due to the ongoing military operation.
We are prohibiting Russian state media from displaying ads or monetizing on our platform anywhere in the world. We will also continue to apply warnings about additional Russian state media. These changes have already begun to be implemented and will continue over the weekend.
The controversial "labels" that identify state-owned media, primarily Russian and Chinese, They started being displayed on the social network. In mid-2020, they already existed on other platforms, such as Twitter.
Over the past few days, Facebook censored four media outlets Russian media outlets: Zvezda, Sputnik, Lenta.ru and Gazeta.ru. In response, on Friday (25), the Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media, Roskomnadzor, Facebook has restricted access to the social network in Russia. According to the agency, Facebook... "violated the rights and freedoms of Russians".
In the early hours of Thursday (24), Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a military operation in the Donbass region. The operation was authorized after request for military assistance from the newly recognized people's republics of Lugansk and Donetsk.
According to the Russian government, the measure aims to demilitarize Ukraine and combat neo-Nazi forces to guarantee the security of Donbass and Russia.
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