Russia is limiting access to Meta services because it wouldn't let it lieWhat you need to know
Russia demanded that Meta stop fact checking some local media outlets.
Meta says it refused to comply and would continue to fact check Russian news.
Russia is now limiting access to Meta services in the country.
Russia wanted Meta to stop fact checking content shared by some news agencies.
Meta says that Russia is limiting access to some of its services because it refused a demand to stop fact checking the country's claims.
In a post to Twitter, Meta VP of Global Affairs Nick Clegg said that Russia had demanded that the company "stop the independent fact-checking and labelling of content" posted to Facebook by "four Russian state-owned" outlets. Meta refused and now some of its services are being restricted.
Yesterday, Russian authorities ordered us to stop the independent fact-checking and labelling of content posted on Facebook by four Russian state-owned media organizations. We refused. As a result, they have announced they will be restricting the u...
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Russia is limiting access to Meta services because it wouldn't let it lie
