From ReclaimTheNet.org…
Following its arrests of anti-war demonstrators and crackdown of independent media outlets, the Kremlin has now blocked access to Facebook and Twitter.
The Russian telecommunications regulator, Roskomnadzor, announced that the decision to block the Facebook platform was based on the company’s “discrimination” against Russian media.
Roskomnadzor said there were at least 26 cases of discrimination against Russian media since October 2020.
Facebook and Instagram had blocked RT (Russia Today) and Sputnik from their platforms in the EU this week and did the same with the UK on Friday. Russia’s blocking of Facebook and Twitter is being seen as a retaliation, as well as a way to remove the influence of Western news.
