As the diplomat noted, the monopolization of the online space and the dominance of only Western corporations are dangerous.
“We observe this in our work on a daily basis, we also see open censorship from the same Twitter, Facebook, when the Russian media without trial and investigation are labeled as allegedly unreliable, excluded from the search, blocked, deleted accounts,” she said Zakharova at the Fifth Forum of BRICS Young Diplomats.
RIA Novosti quoted her as saying.
She recalled that there is also a "witch hunt" when ordinary users, experts and journalists who disagree with Washington's policy are called "Russian bots" and "trolls", and they are also deprived of the opportunity to voice their opinions.
In May, the Russian Foreign Ministry announced discrimination against Russian-language media on YouTube.
They also reported that in January 2019, “under a far-fetched pretext, Facebook moderators removed more than 500 pages related to Russia, including materials from the Sputnik news agency.
In addition, in September Roskomnadzor accused Google of censorship due to restrictions imposed on the film Beslan.
Film by Alexander Rogatkin ”on the YouTube video hosting.
On September 28, the Foreign Ministry called on Twitter to stop using unfair competition tools against Russian media.