Russia responded to the sanctions imposed on itself by social media platforms and other companies by blocking access to social media giants Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.
Russia, which occupied Ukraine, was subject to great reactions from the rest of the world. In fact, many companies stopped their services in Russia and almost destroyed Russia. tried to delete from internet.
However, Russia, which did not give up on the occupation despite all the sanctions, has now responded to the sanctions imposed on it by the social media giants.
Twitter, Facebook and YouTube blocked in Russia
According to the information quoted by Bloomberg journalist Parmy Olson, the Russian internet ‘iron firewall‘ is installed. in Olson, Russia twitter,Facebook,YouTubeannounced that social media platforms and radios such as BBC Russia, Radio Free Europe and Voice of America were blocked.
According to Olson’s claim, the reason for this sudden decision was both to respond to the sanctions of the companies and to see what Russia created about Ukraine. keep ‘propaganda’ going. Users in some parts of Russia, on the other hand, stated that there is an access problem on sites such as Wikipedia. is reporting.
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Experts say that all social media platforms and foreign news sources except Telegram and VK can be banned in the country. claims.
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