‘Ireland acting as European HQ for Russian propaganda’: Ukrainians protest at Meta and Google offices

Mariia Bocheva, Vlad Kravchenko, and Alex Pishcheiko from Ukraine and living in Dublin, take part in a protest outside Meta's head office in Dublin. Picture: Brian Lawless/PA Wire

Ukrainians living in Ireland protested on Wednesday morning outside Meta and Google headquarters in Dublin, demanding the social media companies remove all Russian state-backed propaganda from their platforms.

Protestors called on the employees to consider their role in this crisis, carried signs and had a mobile billboard reading ‘Stop Putin’s Lies, Save Ukrainian Lives.’ They also handed over an open letter signed by 4,650 people on Tuesday.