Dmitry Polyansky. Archival photo UN, May 4. Digital platforms have stopped hiding their political partisanship and are blocking any accounts that do not fit into their agenda, Dmitry Polyansky, First Deputy Representative of Russia, said at a meeting of the UN Information Committee. «Not for the first time we draw attention to the problem of censorship of the information space by online intermediaries, primarily IT giants that hold monopoly positions in the field of social networks and video hosting,» he said. «We have to admit that it has reached a qualitatively new level. Digital platforms finally stopped camouflaging their political bias and started rolling blocking any accounts whose content does not fit into their ultimatum agenda,» the diplomat added. as extremist) «went even further, explicitly allowing misanthropic rhetoric and calls for violence against Russians and Russians on its resources, for which it was recognized as extremist in Russia. «According to him, the bias of online giants is a serious and growing challenge to the international community that requires a collective response. * Meta activities (social networks Facebook and Instagram ) is banned in Russia as extremist
