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5/15/15

Ukraine - Social Media: Facebook Is Pro-Russia, Senior Aide To Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko Says - by Kukil Bora

A senior official in the Ukrainian government on Thursday accused Facebook of pro-Russia bias, ahead of a question-and-answer session with the company’s co-founder Mark Zuckerberg. The official, who serves as an aide to Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, is also reportedly in talks with the social networking giant to solve the problem.

According to Dmytro Shymkiv, deputy head of the Ukrainian presidential administration, Facebook’s Russian moderators are overseeing Ukrainian users of the social networking site, and are influenced by Moscow’s political agenda in the conflict in eastern Ukraine, Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported.

Note EU-Digest: This is called free press Mr. Dmytro Shymkiv  - Ukraine better wake up and smell the roses.

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