Media: European politicians urged to close the accounts of Russian embassies

Woman working on laptopMOSCOW, Mar 22European officials have asked social media platforms such as Facebook* and Twitter to shut down the accounts of more than 100 Russian embassies and government agencies, accusing them of spreading «disinformation» about the special operation in Ukraine, the Financial Times writes. policy … and take immediate action on content that violates the law or the terms of use (of the platform),» Vera Zhurova, Vice President of the European Commission for Values ​​and Transparency, told the newspaper. She added that technology platforms need to be held accountable and become more transparent about how they moderate content on the web.Moskalkova called Russophobia a neo-holocaust. In particular, as the publication says, Europe is unhappy with the fact that embassies posted on their pages information about the development of biological weapons in Ukraine, as well as the fact that the building of the maternity hospital in Mariupol was used as a base for the Azov battalion (against whose fighters a criminal case has been initiated in the Russian Federation). According to data analysis company Omelas, now more than 120 Russian embassies and heads of diplomatic missions have accounts on Twitter, their activity has increased dramatically since February 24, when the special operation began. As the company notes, these accounts transmit the same information, which, in its opinion, is a sign of «coordinated propaganda», while 70% of the posts are published in foreign languages. Earlier, the head of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen as one of the sanctions measures in connection with the special operation carried out by Russia to demilitarize Ukraine. Von der Leyen said the ban will include RT, Sputnik and their subsidiaries. The TikTok and Instagram* accounts of these Russian media outlets have already stopped working in the EU, Meta** will generally restrict access to them in the EU. In response to massive discrimination against Russian media and information resources, including RIA Novosti, Sputnik and RT, Roskomnadzor blocked Facebook in Russia*. >An American TV presenter called Western Russophobia a form of racism. Later, a Russian court banned Facebook * and Instagram * in Russia for extremist activities. The Prosecutor General's Office explained the lawsuit as a desire to protect the Russians from further violations of their rights. Thus, Instagram * ignored more than 4.5 thousand requests to remove fakes about Russia's special operation in Ukraine and calls for unauthorized rallies. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to abuse and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» To this end, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine» bloody crimes against civilians» of Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops. With the support of the Russian Armed Forces, the DPR and LPR groups are developing an offensive, but there is no talk of the occupation of Ukraine, the President of Russia emphasized. * Social networks recognized as extremist in Russia ** Organization banned in Russia 03/dc272d3204f3eb517a0330fabe219785.jpg» />The Russian Embassy announced a dangerous Russophobia in the Czech Republic