TikTok app logo on smartphone screenMOSCOW, Feb 19The social network TikTok blocked the RIA Novosti account, before deleting a video with an appeal by the head of the DPR Denis Pushilin to the residents of the republic in connection with the evacuation of people. This happened on Saturday night during the agency's coverage of events in the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics, including the evacuation of their inhabitants to Russia because of fears of the forcible seizure of Donbass by the Kiev authorities. Around 01.10 Moscow time on Saturday, TikTok removed from the RIA Novosti channel a video with Pushilin's statement to the residents of the DPR, in which he spoke about the need for temporary evacuation of citizens to the Rostov region, primarily women, children and the elderly. the head of the DPR said that Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky could soon order the military to launch an offensive in the Donbass, to implement a plan to invade the territory of the self-proclaimed republics. jpg» />Roskomnadzor revealed 33 cases of censorship of Russian media by Facebook At that time, more than 1.2 million users watched the video. At the same time, a similar video with a speech by the head of the LPR, Leonid Pasechnik, with more than 1.9 million views, remained in the channel. A few minutes later, the administrators of the RIA Novosti TikTok channel received a notification that the account was blocked. “Your account has been permanently closed for multiple violations of the Community Guidelines,” it said. At the same time, the administration of TikTok did not explain the reasons for closing the account. Due to the blocking, it is impossible to appeal the decision through a special complaint form in TikTok. At the moment, the RIA Novosti channel in TikTok is available to users, they can watch videos in it, but the agency itself can no longer publish videos in it. RIA Novosti considers such actions of the social network unacceptable and appeals to Roskomnadzor with a question about the legality of blocking the account of the leading Russian news agency by the social network TikTok. img src=»/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/60d86cbe056fd82fb359110527895597.jpg» />»Luganskgas» called two explosions in Lugansk a diversionPosted by: Maxim Gorbachev
