Tuesday, September 17, 2024

RT reacts to Meta restrictions

from RT

US Big Tech cannot stop RT from making its voice heard, the Russian news outlet said on Tuesday, following Meta’s decision to ban it from its platforms.

On Monday, the company behind Facebook and Instagram announced that it would remove several news networks, including RT, from its applications over the coming days. It cited their purported “foreign interference activity” to justify the move, aligning with allegations made last week by the US government.

RT commented on the attack against it by saying the contrast between the West’s declared support for fair competition and the actions aimed at undermining it was “cute.”

“META/Facebook already blocked RT in Europe two years ago, now they’re censoring information flow to the rest of the world,” the statement added, referring to the American company’s compliance with an EU-wide band of RT, which the bloc imposed following the outbreak of the Ukraine conflict in 2022...

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