According to some reports, Netflix refuses to broadcast 20 Russian channels.
Google has announced that it has blocked YouTube Today and Sputnik's YouTube propaganda channels in the European Union. The company's statement says that this is due to the ongoing war in Ukraine .
“Our systems will need time to fully deploy. Our teams continue to monitor the situation around the clock to take operational measures, “the statement said.
Read also: During the war in Ukraine damaged more than 80 schools and hospitals
Due to the ongoing war in Ukraine, we're blocking YouTube channels connected to RT and Sputnik across Europe, effective immediately. It'll take time for our systems to fully ramp up. Our teams continue to monitor the situation around the clock to take swift action.
– Google Europe (@googleeurope) March 1, 2022
Restrictions on access to RT and Sputnik in Europe were also announced by Meta, which owns the social networks Facebook and Instagram. The announcement was made by Nick Clegg, the company's vice president.
We have received requests from a number of Governments and the EU to take further steps in relation to Russian state controlled media. Given the exceptional nature of the current situation, we will be restricting access to RT and Sputnik across the EU at this time.
– Nick Clegg (@nickclegg) February 28, 2022
In addition, according to Variety, the streaming service Netflix refused to broadcast 20 Russian propaganda channels. Among them – “Channel One”, NTV, the channel of the Russian Orthodox Church.
“In this situation, we do not plan to add these channels to our service,” – said in a statement Netflix.
It will be recalled that the head of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen said that the EU is developing a tool to ban in Europe “toxic and harmful misinformation” of the Russian state media Russia Today and Sputnik, as well as their subsidiaries.
See the special topic: Erdogan announced talks with Zelensky and Putin The Turkish president intends to meet with the leaders of Ukraine and Russia in the coming days. Hungary will not allow arms to be supplied to Ukraine through its territory – Foreign Minister The country will also continue to buy oil and gas from Russia. Lavrov said that Russia had declared a “hybrid war” He is confident that the West wants to “break, destroy, stifle the Russian economy and Russia as a whole.” Hans Zimmer showed a video from Lviv during a concert in London In the video, a Lviv pianist plays to the sound of sirens. Two deputies and the former mayor of Izyum are cooperating with the Russian occupiers – the head of the Izyum city council has been under blockade for more than two weeks, and the northern part of the city is occupied by Russian invaders.
