"Russia is banning Western social media, I think it is time for Twitter, Meta, Instagram, YouTube and others to delete accounts of the Russian government and propaganda outlets as they are openly promoting and justifying war crimes and spreading lies and disinformation," Rinkēvičs wrote.
#Russia is banning Western social media, I think it is time for @Twitter @Meta @instagram @YouTube and others to delete accounts of the Russian government and propaganda outlets as they are openly promoting and justifying war crimes and spreading lies and disinformation
— Edgars Rinkēvičs (@edgarsrinkevics) March 11, 2022
As previously reported by LSM, Latvia's official broadcast regulator has been increasingly active in cracking down on propaganda and disinformation, removing the right of dozens of Russian cable channels to spread their mendacious material in Latvia.