(BI) – The editor of the Russian state-owned broadcaster RT has attacked Facebook for suspending four viral video channels that broadcast Kremlin talking points to millennials. Facebook on Friday suspended Soapbox, which makes videos about current affairs; Waste-Ed, an environmental channel; Back then, a history channel; and In the Now, a millennial-focused news channel, CNN reported. Those channels publish videos critical of US and NATO foreign policy, American waste habits, and news issues like
Russia being barred from the 2018 Winter Olympics. While the videos do not overtly criticize the US and applaud Russia, they often play on tensions in the US. The channels’ videos garnered tens of millions of views on Facebook before the suspension, both CNN and RT reported. In response, RT’s editor-in-chief, Margarita Simonyan, tweeted Monday morning: “Facebook has blocked our projects with billions of views!!!” She also said Facebook blocked the pages without giving RT a chance to respond. READ MORE
