OREANDA-NEWS  The reason for blocking the social journalism platform Medium in Russia was the refusal to delete false information about a special military operation on the territory of Ukraine, Roskomnadzor told Interfax.

"On the basis of the Law "On Information, Information Technologies and Information Protection" access to a foreign resource medium.com It is restricted due to the non-removal of prohibited content: materials containing false information about the conduct of a special military operation on the territory of Ukraine," the RCN responded to the agency's request.

The fact that access to Medium is limited became known earlier on June 1.

Medium was launched in August 2012 by Twitter co-founders Evan Williams and Biz Stone.