Russian state media accounts, as well as content linking to their websites, will now be downgraded across Meta platforms globally, the company said on Tuesday.
“I can confirm that we are downgrading the content of Facebook pages and Instagram accounts from Russian state-controlled media, and we are making them harder to find on our platforms,” said Nick Clegg, President of Global Affairs at Meta, in a statement.
The move to apply algorithmic restrictions to Russian-backed media outlets follows a similar move by Twitter announced on Monday. And it follows calls by EU officials for tech platforms to do more to stop these stores from being recommended to users.
As with Twitter, Meta already labels accounts it identifies as being operated by state media. Additional steps announced on Tuesday involve labeling the links and ranking the links and Russian media accounts themselves.
In the coming days, users who try to share links to Russian state media sites will also receive interstitial warnings on Facebook and Instagram, added Nathaniel Gleicher, Meta’s head of security policy.
Source: CNN Brasil
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