Facebook bans Russian state media from operating advertisements, monetising

This comes after Russia’s media regulator on Friday introduced that FB entry within the nation can be restricted, after accusing the platform and Meta of breaching “fundamental human rights.”

Russian authorities had on Friday introduced the “partial restriction” of entry to Facebook. (File photograph: Reuters)

Facebook introduced on Friday that it might ban Russian state media shops from promoting or monetising their content material on the social media community in response to the battle in Ukraine.

The restriction was revealed in an announcement from the corporate’s head of safety, who stated, “We also continue to apply labels to additional Russian state media. These changes have already begun rolling out and will continue into the weekend.”

Russia’s media regulator had introduced on Friday that Facebook entry within the nation can be restricted, after Moscow accused the platform and Meta of breaching “fundamental human rights.” This occurred after 4 Russian information shops had their entry restricted.

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Nathaniel Gleicher, head of safety coverage at FB, stated, “We are now prohibiting Russian state media from running ads or monetising on our platform anywhere in the world. We also continue to apply labels to additional Russian state media. These changes have already begun rolling out and will continue into the weekend. We are closely monitoring the situation in Ukraine and will keep sharing steps we are taking to protect people on our platform.”

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