Social media giants Meta and Alphabet took measures to censor RT and other Russian media outlets on Monday and Tuesday in response to sanctions announced by the US State Department for “covert influence operations.

By Katie Paul NEW YORK (Reuters) -Facebook owner Meta said on Monday it was banning RT, Rossiya Segodnya and other Russian state media networks from its platforms, claiming the outlets had used deceptive tactics to carry out covert influence operations online.

Facebook owner Meta says it is banning several Russian state media networks, alleging they use deceptive tactics to carry out influence operations and evade detection on its platforms. "After careful consideration,

Meta has banned RT and other Russian state media outlets on its platforms, which include Facebook and Instagram. "After careful consideration, we expanded our ongoing enforcement against Russian state media outlets,

Meta said on Monday it was banning RT, Rossiya Segodnya and other Russian state media networks, alleging the outlets used deceptive tactics to carry out influence operations while evading detection on the social media company’s platforms.

Social media giant Meta on Monday announced that it is banning Russian media outlet RT, days after the Biden administration accused RT of acting as an arm of Moscow’s spy agencies.

Meta late Monday said it is banning Russian state media outlets from its apps around the world due to "foreign interference activity.""Rossiya Segodnya, RT and other related entities are now banned from our apps globally for foreign interference activity,