Vice President of Meta (formerly Facebook) Nick Clegg said that they do not plan to independently disable the social networks Facebook and Instagram in Russia. It is reported by TASS.
“Ukrainians also suggested turning off access to Facebook and Instagram in Russia. However, people in Russia use them to protest and organize against the war, use them as a source of independent information. The Russian authorities are already strangling our platforms to prevent such work. We believe that shutting down our services will cause another channel of speech to be silenced at this critical time,” Clegg said.
He stressed that the company has also blocked a number of Russian state media in Ukraine, and is also considering doing the same in other countries.
On February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he had decided to conduct a military special operation to protect the Donbass in response to a request for help from the heads of the LPR and DPR.
Ukraine severed diplomatic relations with Russia. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has submitted a bill on general mobilization to the Verkhovna Rada.
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