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UNBELIEVABLE: Meta bans russian state media outlets over foreign interference activity - The Untold Story

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Vehicles of Russian state-backed broadcaster RT near the Red Square in central Moscow, in 2018. Photograph: Gleb Garanich/Reuters

Facebook owner Meta said on Monday it was banning RT, Rossiya Segodnya and other Russian state media networks, alleging the outlets used deceptive tactics to carry out influence operations while evading detection on the social media company’s platforms.

“After careful consideration, we expanded our ongoing enforcement against Russian state media outlets. Rossiya Segodnya, RT and other related entities are now banned from our apps globally for foreign interference activity,” the company said in a written statement.

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