Russia’s communications watchdog blacklists Facebook page over smoking blends ads

The Russian Federal Supervision Agency for Information Technology and Communications (Roskomnadzor) has put one Facebook’s page on a list of banned websites over smoking blends ads that were posted on the social network. The ads with illegal content were removed in two cases, but remained on one page, according to the watchdog’s expertise. The page was blacklisted, but the list of banned websites does not contain the network’s IP-address, RIA Novosti reported Thursday. Facebook, which has not commented on the information, has to remove the illegal content in three days or could face the page being blocked.