Russia partially limits Facebook access, alleging it has censored certain state-run media.

• On Friday, Russia's media regulator announced plans to partially limit access to Facebook.
• According to a statement translated from Russian to English, the regulator asserted that Facebook had only a few official accounts for four Russian media outlets.
• Since October 2020, Facebook has been recorded to have censored 23 cases of Russian media and internet resources.

Russia's media regulator announced on Friday that it would partially restrict access to after the platform limited the official accounts of four Russian media outlets, as stated in a translated Russian to English statement.

Four Russian media outlets, including Zvezda TV channel, RIA Novosti news agency, Lenta.ru and Gazeta.ru, had their official accounts restricted on Facebook, according to the regulator, Roskomnadzor.

Meta, the owner of Facebook, was found to have violated federal law by the Roskomnadzor agency, which also ignored a request from the agency to remove restrictions.

Since October 2020, Facebook has been censored 23 cases of Russian media and internet resources, according to the agency.

The Prosecutor General's Office and Ministry of Foreign Affairs agreed to recognize Facebook as violating fundamental human rights and freedoms, as well as the rights and freedoms of Russian citizens, according to Roskomnadzor.

The Russian embassy in Washington, D.C., did not immediately provide details about the restrictions.

On Thursday, Russian authorities instructed Facebook to halt fact-checking and labeling content posted by state-owned media outlets. When Facebook refused, Russia imposed restrictions on its service.

Meta aims to enable Russian individuals to continue expressing themselves, sharing information, and coordinating through Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Messenger.