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Financial Times
Financial Times
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Hannah Murphy in San Francisco and Javier Espinoza in Brussels, and Max Seddon in Moscow

Big Tech caught in information war between west and Russia

Western governments are pushing for social media companies to remove Russian state-backed media from their platforms, as Big Tech is dragged into the information war that has raged following President Vladimir Putin’s decision to invade Ukraine.

Meta-owned Facebook on Monday announced that it was blocking access to Russia Today and Sputnik in the EU following a request from the bloc designed to throttle pro-Russia propaganda.

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