Russia: Roskomnadzor blocks access to Facebook due to censorship allegations
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Roskomnadzor blocks access to Facebook due to censorship allegations
On 4 March 2022, the Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology, and Mass Media (Roskomnadzor) announced that it is blocking access to Facebook in the Russian Federation. Roskomnadzor claimed that Meta, previously Face…
Scope
Policy Area
Content moderation
Policy Instrument
User speech right
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
other regulatory body
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2022-02-24
under deliberation
2022-02-25
in force