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Facebook bans Russia state media from running ads, monetizing

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Agence France-Presse

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Facebook on Friday restricted Russian state media" s="" ability="" to="" earn="" money="" on="" the="" social="" media="" platform.="" Dado="" Reuters="" illustration="" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/reuters/02/26/20220222-meta-platforms-climate-labels.jpg"/><figcaption>Facebook on Friday restricted Russian state media&#x27;s ability to earn money on the social media platform. <em>Dado Ruvic, Reuters illustration/file</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>Facebook on Friday restricted Russian state media&#x27;s ability to earn money on the social media platform as <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/02/26/22/china-says-it-respects-ukraines-sovereignty-russias-concerns" target="_blank">Moscow&#x27;s invasion</a> of neighboring Ukraine reached the streets of Kyiv. </p><p>&quot;We are now prohibiting Russian state media from running ads or monetizing on our platform anywhere in the world,&quot; Nathaniel Gleicher, the social media giant&#x27;s security policy head, said on Twitter.</p><p>He added that Facebook would &quot;continue to apply labels to additional Russian state media.&quot;</p><p>Facebook&#x27;s parent company Meta said earlier Friday that Russia would hit its services with restrictions after it refused authorities&#x27; order to stop using fact-checkers and content warning labels on its platforms.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/02/25/22/facebook-twitter-highlight-security-steps-for-users-in-ukraine">Facebook, Twitter highlight security steps for users in Ukraine</a></li></ul><p>Social media networks have become one of the fronts in Russia&#x27;s invasion of Ukraine, home to sometimes misleading information but also real-time monitoring of a quickly developing conflict that marks Europe&#x27;s biggest geopolitical crisis in decades.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/spotlight/02/24/22/can-facebook-rein-in-climate-change-falsehoods">EXPLAINER: Facebook and climate change — can falsehoods be reined in?</a></li></ul><p>&quot;Yesterday, Russian authorities ordered us to stop the independent fact-checking and labelling of content posted on Facebook by four Russian state-owned media organizations,&quot; Meta&#x27;s Nick Clegg said in a statement. &quot;We refused.&quot;</p><p>His statement came hours after Russia&#x27;s media regulator said it was limiting access to Facebook, accusing the US tech giant of censorship and violating the rights of Russian citizens.</p><p>On Wednesday, Facebook also released a feature in Ukraine that allows people to lock their profiles for increased security, using a tool the company also deployed after Afghanistan fell to the Taliban last year.</p><p>Gleicher said Facebook had set up a Special Operations Center to monitor the situation in Ukraine &quot;in response to the unfolding military conflict.&quot;</p><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1945241" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

Facebook on Friday restricted Russian state media's ability to earn money on the social media platform.