Facebook responds to Russia and accuses it of refusing to allow verification of information

After serious accusations Russia imputed about Facebookthe parent company Goal affirmed that this country applied restrictions to this platform and other social networks of the company after it refused to stop verifying information.

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On Friday, the Russian communications regulator announced that “limited access” to Facebook, which he accuses of censoring and imposing restrictions on four Russian media outlets, coinciding with the invasion of Ukraine by the Russian army.

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Nick Cleggvice president of Meta, said that the platform “verify” the information published by these media.

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Facebook assures that an external verifier – authorized by the platform but independent – found doubtful information in the news or the video.

“Yesterday, Russian authorities ordered us to stop checking and flagging content published by four Russian state-controlled media outlets.Clegg wrote. “We refuse. As a consequence, they announced that they would restrict access to our services”.

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The invasion of Ukraine gave rise to an explosion of fake news on the internet, especially on social networks, a phenomenon that has become recurrent every time there is a war.

“Russians are using our apps to express themselves and organize actions”, the former British deputy prime minister and now vice president of the technology giant wrote on his Twitter account.

“We want to continue making their voices heard”, he added, “that they share what is happening and organize themselves through Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger”, the platforms of the group.

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Source: Elcomercio

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