Russian lawmakers are fed up with American social-media platforms labelling Russian state-affiliated outlets as Russian state-affiliated outlets.
In recent years, Facebook and Twitter enraged outlets such as Sputnik and RT by removing some of their pages for “inauthentic behavior,” and cutting their advertising after U.S. intelligence said they had tried to interfere with the 2016 election. The platforms have also recently started alerting users to the fact that the outlets’ and their staffers’ accounts are linked to the Russian state.
