Russia To "Partially Restrict" Facebook, Accuses It Of Censorship
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Russia-Ukraine crisis: Announcing the restriction, Russia's media regulator accused Facebook of censorship and of violating the rights of Russian citizens.
Russia's media regulator said Friday it was limiting access to Facebook, accusing the US tech giant of censorship and of violating the rights of Russian citizens.
The regulator, Roskomnadzor, said in a statement that starting Friday it "is adopting measures to partially restrict access" to Facebook.
The agency did not specify what the measures would be.
The Russian regulator accuses Facebook of imposing restrictions on the official accounts on its platform of the government-linked Russian television channel Zvezda, state-run news agency RIA Novosti and online media outlets media Lenta.ru and Gazeta.ru.
