Meta bans Russian media outlet RT from its apps globally, days after the Biden administration accused RT of acting as an arm of Moscow's spy agencies

U.S. officials on Friday accused RT of carrying out covert information warfare operations around the world as an arm of Russia's spy agencies.

NBC News 2024-09-17

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@crumbler Casey Newton on threads
UPDATE from YouTube: “As part of our ongoing commitment to comply with applicable U.S. government sanctions, we terminated over 230 channels affiliated with AVO TV Novosti and Rossiya Segodnya, all of which were already blocked from viewers.” I'm told this happened around 2:45P …
@crumbler Casey Newton on threads
Your move, YouTube
@renee.diresta Renee DiResta on threads
FB just nuked RT. — https://www.reuters.com/...
@brian.fishman.5 Brian Fishman on threads
This is interesting for many reasons, but particularly so in the wake of the charges related to Russian espionage. Meta would likely not simply rely on accusations made in a charging document to inform this sort of decision (unless related sanctions change the legal calculus). …
@bostonjoan Boston Joan on threads
We got tech companies acting like sovereign nations up in the net war. Read about RT's 10 million deal with US influencers and why this is a threat to democratic processes: https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...
@roxanefutur @roxanefutur on threads
I'm so happy meta made that call when Mark Zuckerberg seemed to be setting the tone for a more hand off approach to moderation of desinfo, per his open letter to the house of common consultations on moderation of social media.
@alexcartaz Alex on threads
A podcast app startup I worked for banned them in like 2016 🤷‍♂️
@karaswisher Kara Swisher on threads
Very bold and correct call by @zuck especially since Donald Trump — a favorite of RT — has threatened to jail him for crimes that only exist in his addled orange head. https://www.nbcnews.com/...
@lorakolodny Lora Kolodny on threads
Your move, X Corp. (LOL!) Meta has banned media outlet RT. The move comes after the Biden administration last week announced new sanctions and a State Department official called RT “a fully fledged member of the intelligence apparatus and operation of the Russian government” for…
@alex.stamos Alex Stamos on threads
This will also anger some of the world's most wrong Substackers and a certain Moscow resident, to which I can only say...
@alex.stamos Alex Stamos on threads
Yes, I think the people who drove this decision did so because they believe that RT is an agent of a foreign power that is actively messing with our elections and the reason this is a brave move is that the election is a toss up at the moment.
@alex.stamos Alex Stamos on threads
I know who drove this decision from start to finish and it was not Mark Zuckerberg.
@ashzade_ Ash Zade on threads
Trump is going to be so mad at Zuck again.
@alex.stamos Alex Stamos on threads
This took guts and is the right decision. — https://www.nbcnews.com/...
@davetroy Dave Troy on x
I think this is, in part, going to prove to be a pre-emptive move. More reveals coming.
@mediaevan Evan DeSimone on x
This is a global ban, RT was already banned from most Meta platforms in the EU. https://www.nbcnews.com/...
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