Day: September 17, 2024
⚡️ Doctors Without Borders closes programs in Russia.
Doctors Without Borders, an international humanitarian organization that focuses on providing medical aid in conflict zones, announced on Sept. 16 that its programs in Russia will be closed.https://t.co/QatTyMzDhA
— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) September 17, 2024
Good news to kick off today. Yesterday Meta banned Russian state media broadcaster RT and other Kremlin networks – for their deceptive influence operations. RT has lost 7.2 million followers on Facebook & 1 million on Instagram. https://t.co/c5EIrJhE6A pic.twitter.com/Ga933jblLW
— Glasnost Gone (@GlasnostGone) September 17, 2024
The US Secret Service says it’s “aware” of a social media post by rabid pro-Russian Trump cheerleader Elon Musk, in which he incited people to assassinate President Joe Biden & Vice-president Kamala Harris. https://t.co/ayqXhAxmUa pic.twitter.com/Rj1cGsKDer
— Glasnost Gone (@GlasnostGone) September 17, 2024
The police have gone through 11 months of recordings of phone calls, and they’ve only found two Springfield residents calling to complain about Haitian n*gger(s), ehm, migrants,”
says Rich Lowry, the editor-in-chief of the National Review, in an interview with Megan Kelly. pic.twitter.com/khtTkjDYsz
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) September 17, 2024
⚡️Meta blocks Russian state media across its platforms amid “foreign interference activity.”
The decision follows U.S. charges against RT employees for alleged efforts to influence the 2024 election, with Meta stating that Russian state media has a history of using deceptive…
— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) September 17, 2024