Russia includes Facebook’s parent company META in its list of terrorist organizations

Facebook’s parent company has suffered a major setback. Amidst the ongoing war with Ukraine, Russia has included Facebook’s parent company META in the list of terrorist organizations. Let us tell you that Russia is already accusing the company of discrimination.

Russia has added Meta (Facebook’s parent company) to its list of ‘terrorist and extremist organizations. Let us tell you that Russia is engaged in war with Ukraine these days. In such a situation, the inclusion of Facebook’s parent company in this list is a big setback for the tech company.

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Tech companies adopting discriminatory attitude

Let us tell you that in the midst of the ongoing war with Ukraine in March, Russia blocked Facebook as well as Twitter and YouTube in the country. During this, the country alleged that these social media platforms were adopting a discriminatory attitude towards Russian media companies. In this case, Facebook then said that Russia has deprived millions of people of reliable information from this ban.

Reduced reach of government agencies

Roskomnadzor, the Russian government’s censorship agency, said that since October 2020, Facebook had reported a total of 26 cases of discrimination against Russian media. The Russian government accused the news agency RT and RIA of reducing the reach of the accounts of government-backed channels.