Russia: Lavrov slams Facebook for blocking In The Now, rules out reciprocal measures

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov called Facebook’s blocking of Maffick Media's In The Now another example of pressure on Russian media from the West and freedom of speech, while speaking at a press briefing with OSCE chairman and Slovakian FM Miroslav Lajcak in Moscow on Tuesday.
Facebook suspended all the pages run by Maffick Media following a CNN report about the company’s ties to the Kremlin. Maffick Media is 51 percent owned by RT's video agency Ruptly, while the remaining share belongs to CEO Anissa Naouai. According to CNN, Facebook stated that it would contact the owners of the pages to ask that they disclose where they are run and their affiliation with their parent company in order to get back on the site. However, according to Naouai, Maffick has received no such request thus far. The social network is facing increasing pressure to boost transparency among organisations using the site, including calls from UK MPs for stricter regulation.
Facebook does not require users to provide information about parent companies. A Facebook spokesperson said on 15 February that "people connecting with Pages shouldn't be misled about who's behind them. Just as we've stepped up our enforcement of coordinated inauthentic behaviour and financially motivated spam over the past year, we'll continue improving so people can get more information about the Pages they follow."
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