NEW YORK, Sept 16 (Reuters) - Facebook owner Meta

said on Monday it was banning RT, Rossiya Segodnya and

other Russian state media networks, alleging the outlets used

deceptive tactics to carry out influence operations while

evading detection on the social media company's platforms.

"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 company

said in a written statement.