The Russian government on Monday, March 21, officially banned Facebook and Instagram from the country for what amounts to failing to police discussion of Russia’s ongoing and deadly invasion of Ukraine. This is coming from a report monitored on TASS, a Russian state-owned media outlet, which notes that as of now WhatsApp, another service owned by Meta […]
The Australian government has asked Facebook, Twitter, Google and other digital platforms to block content generated by Russian state media to curb “disinformation in relation to the Russian invasion of Ukraine”. Australia’s communications minister, Paul Fletcher, wrote on Thursday to Meta, which runs Facebook and Instagram, and a range of other digital platforms, asking them to take […]
Crypticurrencies prices fell on Tuesday as geopolitical tensions over Ukraine roiled global markets. Bitcoin was last down about 0.5% at $38,011.54. The cryptocurrency sank as low as $36,370 in early morning trade, its lowest level in more than two weeks. Cryptocurrencies across the market also pared back steeper losses from earlier in the day. Ether lost 1.4%, while […]