SP Leader Swami Prasad Maurya Resigns from Party and Legislative Council
Lucknow: Senior Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Swami Prasad Maurya on Monday resigned from the party and also stepped down as a member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council.
Maurya, a prominent leader from the OBC Maurya community shared his resignation letters on social media.
"I have resigned from the primary membership of the Samajwadi Party and also from the membership of the Legislative Council. I have sent my resignation to party chief Akhilesh Yadav," Maurya told PTI.
Maurya, who was considered a close aide of Akhilesh Yadav, did not specify the reason for his sudden decision to quit the party.
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Meta bans Russian state media outlets over 'foreign interference activity'
San Francisco: Meta, the parent company of Facebook, announced on Monday that it is banning Russian state media networks from its platforms worldwide, alleging that the outlets had employed deceptive tactics for covert influence operations online.
"After careful consideration, we expanded our ongoing enforcement against Russian state media outlets. Rossiya Segodnya, RT and other related entities are now banned from our apps globally for foreign interference activity," the world’s biggest social media company stated.
The company noted that the enforcement of the ban would be implemented over the coming days. Meta's platforms include Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Threads.
This move follows allegations from the United States that RT and its employees funnelled $10 million through shell entities to covertly fund influence campaigns on social media channels, including TikTok, Instagram, X, and YouTube, according to an unsealed indictment reported by AFP.
