Russian authorities restrict access to Twitter and Facebook



As Russia's military invasion of Ukraine is seen as a global problem, SNS companies such as Facebook and Twitter are also tightening restrictions on Russia-related media. It was reported that the Russian government is retaliating against such regulations of SNS companies by restricting access to Twitter and Facebook.

Twitter and Facebook restricted in Russia amid conflict with Ukraine --NetBlocks
https://netblocks.org/reports/twitter-and-facebook-restricted-in-russia-amid-conflict-with-ukraine-JBZrogB6

Twitter says its site is being restricted in Russia | Reuters
https://www.reuters.com/technology/twitter-says-its-site-is-being-restricted-russia-2022-02-26/

Russia to restrict Facebook access for'censoring' its media | Reuters
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/russia-limit-facebook-access-response-media-censorship-2022-02-25/

Russia Is Now Blocking Twitter
https://www.vice.com/en/article/jgmavx/russia-blocking-twitter

Information battles on the Internet and SNS are also flourishing in connection with Russia's military invasion of Ukraine, and various information mixed with truth is flooding on SNS. In the fake news, it has been confirmed that the images of past conflicts and military training were diverted and the images of simulations were used, and propaganda by the state media is also regarded as a problem. In response to this situation, SNS companies such as Twitter and Facebook have banned ads from Russian state media, and YouTube is taking countermeasures to strip ads from Russian state media videos .

Meanwhile, NetBlocks, a digital advocacy group that investigates Internet censorship around the world, will be sent to Twitter from 9 o'clock (at the time of the World Agreement ) on February 26, 2022 by major Russian providers such as Rostelecom , MTS , Beeline , MegaFon . Reported that access was blocked.



Russia's retaliation has also been made against Facebook, where content delivery network (CDN) back-end servers are restricted by major providers, slowing content loading and making the platform unusable. It is said that there is. It has also been confirmed that the restrictions extend to the messaging app Facebook Messenger.



Nick Clegg, head of global affairs for Facebook's parent company Meta, said in a Twitter post on February 25, 'Russian authorities yesterday's independent facts about content posted on Facebook by four Russian state media groups. We ordered to stop checking and labeling. We refused. As a result, the authorities announced that they would limit the use of the service. '



Roskomnadzor , Russia's federal media and communications regulator, claims that Facebook has ignored the request to lift restrictions on Russian state media. 'According to the decision of the public prosecutor's office, we will impose partial access restrictions on the Facebook social network from February 25,' he said.

At the time of article creation, it is possible to access Twitter and Facebook from Russia by using VPN . However, NetBlocks director Alp Toker told VICE in foreign media that 'it would make little sense to casual, non-technical users (because they can't access or deploy VPN software).' Did.

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