Facebook and Instagram to block RT and Sputnik in the UK following government request – Sky News

Facebook and Instagram are blocking RT and Sputnik for users in the UK following a request by the British government.It follows a letter by Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries in which she urged Meta, TikTok, and Twitter to restrict access to the Russian state-owned organisations which she accused of spreading “damaging propaganda into Britain”. “I want to urge you to do everything you can to apply the approach you are taking across the EU to block access both to RT and to Sputnik’s online output on your UK services,” said Ms Dorries.Putin issues new warning – Live Ukraine updates This is the letter that Nadine Dorries, the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, sent yesterday to Meta, Twitter, and TikTok urging them to restrict access to RT and Sputnik in the UK. pic.twitter.com/MywQhmUGUe— Sky News Tech (@SkyNewsTech) March 4, 2022 A spokesperson for Meta told Sky News: “Earlier this week, we announced that we’d be restricting access to RT and Sputnik across the EU. “Consistent with that action, and following a request from the UK government, we will also be restricting access to RT and Sputnik in the UK at this time,” they added. In response to Meta’s…
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