Russia-Ukraine war: Russia cracks down on dissenting media, blocks Facebook

| Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday intensified a crackdown on media outlets and individuals who fail to hew to the Kremlin line on Russia’s war in Ukraine, blocking Facebook and Twitter and signing into law a bill that criminalises the intentional spreading of what Moscow deems to be “fake” reports.

Twitter said in a statement Friday afternoon that while the company is “aware of reports” that its platform is blocked in Russia, it has not been able to confirm whether this is the case.The bill, quickly rubber-stamped by both houses of the Kremlin-controlled parliament and signed by Putin, imposes prison sentences of up to 15 years for those spreading information that goes against the Russian government’s narrative on the war.

Vyacheslav Volodin, the speaker of the lower house of parliament, said the measure “will force those who lied and made statements discrediting our armed forces to bear very grave punishment.”“I want everyone to understand, and for society to understand, that we are doing this to protect our soldiers and officers, and to protect the truth,” he added.

Nick Clegg, Meta’s president of global affairs, said tweeted in response to Russia’s action that “millions of ordinary Russians will find themselves cut off from reliable information, deprived of their everyday ways of connecting with family and friends and silenced from speaking out.”“We will continue to do everything we can to restore our services so they remain available to people to safely and securely express themselves and organise for action,” Clegg added.

“The safety of our staff is paramount, and we are not prepared to expose them to the risk of criminal prosecution simply for doing their jobs,” he said.Davie said the BBC’s Russian-language news service would continue to operate from outside Russia. Earlier this week the BBC said it was bringing back shortwave radio transmission to Ukraine and parts of Russia so people can listen to its programs with basic equipment.

Get rid of Putin and end this nonsense. That should be every sane persons priority. Xi after that.

Australia is doing the exact same thing? It's only 'fake' if the Australian Government and Media pocket pissers want it to be.

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