The Meta company (recognized as extremist and banned in Russia) has blocked the accounts of a number of Russian media outlets on its platforms, including RT and the Rossiya Segodnya media group. The TV channel reports this NBC.
“Russia Today, RT and other affiliates are now blocked from accessing our apps worldwide due to attempts at external interference,” the company said in response to the statement.
September 4 US Treasury entered Sanctions on RT and its editor-in-chief Margarita Simonyan. September 13 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken statedThe Rossiya Segodnya media group and five of its subsidiaries, including RT, are part of Russian intelligence. He claims that a unit was created at RT to search for information, raise funds for the Russian military, manipulate elections and undermine support for Ukraine. Official Representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova reportedWashington’s actions against Russian media will not go unanswered.
Dmitry Peskov before statedUS sanctions on RT ‘border on insanity’.