Meta to bar Russian state media from running ads, monetising on platform
The logo of Facebook parent Meta is beneath a 3D-printed logo of Facebook on a laptop keyboard in this illustration taken on November 2, 2021. - REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
BENGALURU: Meta Platforms Inc FB.O is barring Russian state media from running ads or monetising on its platform anywhere in the world, the parent company of social media giant Facebook said on Friday.
"We also continue to apply labels to additional Russian state media," its security policy head, Nathaniel Gleicher, said on Twitter. "These changes have already begun rolling out and will continue into the weekend."
He added, "We are now prohibiting Russian state media from running ads or monetising on our platform anywhere in the world."
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