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Meta shares fall on concerns over AI spending, legal scrutinyMeta Platforms is significantly increasing its investment in artificial intelligence infrastructure. This comes as the social media giant f...
China bans dual-use item exports to seven European entities over Taiwan arms salesThe entities, including German defence electronics firm Hensoldt AG and Belgian-based defence and sporting arms manufacturer FN Browning, h...
Moscow chokes Telegram as it pushes state-backed rival appThe Telegram messaging app, an important platform for public and private communications in Russia, is facing new restrictions and fines fo...
Russia puts Meta spokesman on wanted listIn October 2022, Russia listed Meta as a "terrorist and extremist" organisation, opening possible criminal investigations and fines for use...
Russia puts Meta spokesman Andy Stone on wanted listRussia has hugely cracked down on media and social media freedom since launching its Ukraine offensive last year and banning criticism of i...
Russia fines WhatsApp for first time for not deleting banned contentAlthough WhatsApp's parent company Meta Platforms Inc was last year banned in Russia as an "extremist" organisation, the messenger app - wh...
Russia adds Meta to 'terrorist and extremist' groups listRussia in late March banned Facebook and Instagram for "carrying out extremist activities" after authorities accused Meta of tolerating "Ru...
Meta withdraws Ukraine war content policy guidance requestRussia banned Facebook and Instagram in March, finding Meta guilty of "extremist activity" amid Moscow's crackdown on social media during i...
Russia fines Meta, TikTok over LGBT 'propaganda'Tech companies are frequently slapped with fines by Russia for not deleting content on the request of authorities.
Russia slaps travel ban on Kamala Harris, Mark ZuckerbergThe Russian foreign ministry said the travel restrictions on 29 Americans and 61 Canadians -- which also includes defence officials, busine...
Russian court bans Facebook, Instagram after Meta found 'extremist': ReportRussia has already banned Facebook for restricting access to Russian media while Instagram was blocked after Meta said it would allow socia...
Russia's security service urges immediate Meta banThe court was considering a request by prosecutors to designate Meta -- the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp -- as an "ex...
Lawmaker calls for block on Instagram after Meta allows hate speech against RussiansA Meta spokesperson confirmed it had temporarily eased its rules for political speech, allowing posts such as "death to the Russian invader...
Russia blocks Facebook, accusing it of restricting access to Russian mediaThe regulator, Roskomnadzor, said there had been 26 cases of discrimination against Russian media by Facebook since October 2020, including...
As Russia invades Ukraine, Moscow battles big tech to control the narrativeFor the tech companies, the stand-off is the latest step in an ongoing confrontation with Russia where platforms risk government-imposed re...
As Russia invades Ukraine, Moscow battles big tech to control the narrativeFor the tech companies, the stand-off is the latest step in an ongoing confrontation with Russia where platforms risk government-imposed re...
Russia threatens Facebook with massive fineRussia’s media regulator has drawn up a new protocol to penalise the US social media giant for repeatedly failing “to remove information da...
Facebook could face hefty fine in Russia over banned content, report saysState communications regulator Roskomnadzor said Facebook's repeated violations could see it fined 5% or 10% of its annual Russian turnover...
Russia fines Facebook, Twitter for not deleting banned contentMoscow wants foreign internet firms to open full-fledged offices in Russia and to store Russians' personal data on its territory. On Tuesda...
Russia fines Facebook, Telegram over banned contentA Moscow court fined Facebook a total of 17 million rubles (roughly $236,000) and Telegram 10 million rubles ($139,000). It wasn't immediat...