The RT channel denounces that Facebook has deleted its account in Russian

16 Jan. (EUROPA PRESS) –

The Russia Today (RT) channel asked Facebook support for explanations on Monday after its Russian-language account was apparently deleted from the platform, run by American businessman Mark Zuckerberg.

“Facebook closed the RT page in Russian,” denounced the channel, with more than two million subscribers, announcing that it has contacted the support of the social network to request explanations for the blockade, the TASS news agency has collected. .

As reported on his Telegram channel, the RT account in Russian is not available to subscribers, so it has surely been deleted, and it has also disappeared from the search results, without the reason being known for the moment. this alleged blockage.

At the beginning of March, Twitter and Instagram also blocked the account of this Russian channel, a measure they carried out after the European countries suspended the broadcasts in Europe of the Russian agency Sputnik and RT, which they accuse of being instruments of disinformation of the Russian President Vladimir Putin.