Meta Globally Demotes Content From Russian State-Controlled Media Outlets

Ukraine’s State Emergency Service created an information helpline on WhatsApp

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Meta said late Tuesday that it is now globally demoting content from the Facebook pages and Instagram accounts of Russian state-controlled media outlets, making them harder to find across its platforms.

Facebook posts containing links to Russian state-controlled media websites are also being demoted, and Meta said it will begin labeling those links and providing more information to people, alerting them that they lead to Russian state-controlled media websites.

Those same measures will be applied to Instagram soon.

Ukraine’s State Emergency Service created an information helpline on WhatsApp to connect users to critical updates, trustworthy information and emergency response procedures.

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