EP raised the issue of measures against Facebook due to censorship

“Increasingly, Facebook is restricting the freedom of expression of citizens by censoring their publications and citing alleged and vague violations of 'community norms',” the parliamentarians said.

In addition to the problem of restricting freedoms, members of the European Parliament are also concerned that Facebook prevents the publication of "scientifically correct and objective information" on the treatment of coronavirus infection, "contrary to the economic interests of its (Facebook. - 

) main institutional shareholders who also have stakes in pharmaceutical companies. producing vaccines ”.

According to parliamentarians, this situation is a "flagrant conflict of interest" that prevents the full provision of information to citizens.

In this regard, the legislators turned to the European Commission with the question of what measures they intend to take to resolve the current situation. 

“In anticipation of a European regulatory framework that would require Facebook and other platforms to respect fundamental human rights such as freedom of expression and information, is the EC planning to take prompt, adequate and effective action in this regard?”

They asked.

Earlier, Deputy Permanent Representative of Russia to the OSCE Maxim Buyakevich said that IT monopolists work in the interests of a certain part of Western states, and their editorial policy "strangely" coincides with the policy of state institutions of these countries.

For example, large IT players are consistently introducing certain restrictions on the RT channel.

So, at the end of April, Facebook removed the page of the RT Redfish project for two posts with historical photographs.

A little earlier, the same social network blocked the stream of the channel, which was dedicated to the 60th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's flight into space.

RT has repeatedly encountered similar restrictions on other platforms, in particular, on YouTube and Instagram.