Facebook bans RT until after Trump's inauguration

[highplainsdem]

Source: Mashable

Facebook has blocked the Kremlin-run RT media outlet from posting links and videos to the social network, according to posts on the company's Facebook page.

The ban, which allegedly came from Facebook after the Russian media company livestreamed Obama's last press conference at the White House, will last until Saturday 2.55pm EST, after the inauguration of US president-elect Donald Trump, RT stated in a Facebook post.

The organisation can now only post text on Facebook but not other content such as live video streams, pre-made videos, articles or GIFs

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However, the Kremlin-run organisation attacked the blockade claiming the State Department had something to do with it.

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Read more: http://mashable.com/2017/01/19/facebook-blocks-rt-trump-inauguration/#nQXPo.xHlSql

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Note -- this is only a partial ban or block. RT can post text but not media for this time. And it is not uncommon for Facebook to block like this after copyright violations.

Sputnik News, a Russian source, has reported that the complaint about copyright violations came from Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty:

https://sputniknews.com/world/201701191049764680-rt-ban-facebook-rfe/

[DetlefK]

1. Sputniknews was founded by the russian government and has an anti-western slant.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sputnik_(news_agency)

Which makes it totally different from Russia Today, which was founded by the russian government and has an anti-western slant.

The russian media-landscape is so diverse...