Russia's decision to block Facebook will be read as a warning shot to other social networks planning crackdowns on the Kremlin's propaganda.
advertising across all of Ukraine and Russia. Then as the violence escalated, the platforms went further. On February 28, Twitter said it would reduce the visibility of Tweets posted on Russian state-affiliated media websites. On March 1, Meta said it would alsoRussia quickly made it clear that the platforms could expect retaliation for any restrictions placed on state-media.
If US tech companies do comply with Russia’s rules, they will lose their liberal audiences, he says. But if they don’t, they could be blocked. “I don't think it is a good idea to block all Russian users because it will not help to prevent the war,” Darbinyan says. “But it will definitely make the Russian state an information vacuum because people will not be able to receive actual and true information about what is going on.
But Russia’s Facebook block makes it clear that other US social media companies have to make a choice: Let the country’s state-media appear on people’s screens, or prepare to be kicked out of Russia. State-media is dominant in Russia and researchers have credited it with a recent hardening of attitudes against the west. In a February poll,of Russians said the US and NATO were the instigators of the escalation in eastern Ukraine, according to independent pollster Levada. That number has increased 10 percent since November.
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