Facebook group Meta blocks Russian broadcaster RT worldwide | EUROtoday

Last Friday, the US authorities accused RT of interfering in “the sovereign affairs of countries around the world.” The state broadcaster is concerned in covert affect operations and works hand in hand with the Russian army, mentioned Secretary of State Antony Blinken. The authorities in Washington had beforehand accused Russia of interfering within the US presidential election marketing campaign – after comparable accusations had been made in reference to earlier elections. The US has now imposed sanctions on a number of individuals and organizations, together with representatives of RT.

Meta had already taken motion in opposition to Russian state media after Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 and had, amongst different issues, slowed the distribution of their content material. From the corporate's viewpoint, Russia stays the biggest supply of covert affect operations.

Meanwhile, RT's accounts are nonetheless obtainable exterior the EU and another international locations on Elon Musk's on-line platform X (previously Twitter). After taking up the service, the tech billionaire additionally had the markings that Twitter had beforehand used to determine state media eliminated.