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xinhua news agency, moscow, september 17 (reporter jiang youlin) russian president's press secretary peskov said at a press conference on the 17th that the us "meta" company's ban on several russian media social media accounts is a blatant damage to its own reputation.

tass reported on the 17th, citing the national broadcasting corporation of the united states, that facebook's parent company meta said in a statement a few days ago that because russian media such as russia today media group were engaged in "foreign interference activities", they were banned from using meta's social media platforms worldwide.

peskov said that the decision of "element" company was a blatant damage to its own reputation, "this selective behavior against russian media is not acceptable", and russia's view on the matter was "extremely negative".

according to us media reports, after the outbreak of the russian-ukrainian conflict in february 2022, "meta" has banned russian official media from placing advertisements on its platform. recently, the us department of justice filed charges against two employees of russia today tv, alleging that they injected funds into an american company to produce and disseminate content that is in line with russian interests. us officials claim that this action is aimed at the 2024 us presidential election and has an impact on the american people.