Tech companies and telecom providers in Europe, Australia, and Canada are blocking Russian state-controlled media outlets in light of the Putin regime’s invasion of Ukraine. On Sunday, February 27, European Union president Ursula von der Leyen tweeted that the “state-owned Russia Today and Sputnik, and their subsidiaries, will no longer be able to spread lies to justify Putin’s war” and announced a ban on these outlets. Multiple tech platforms have complied with the E.U.’s media ban and deplatformed, demonetized, or blocked RT and Sputnik from their services. Here is how these companies are responding to Russia’s state-controlled media.
On Friday, February 25, Meta’s head of security policy, Nathaniel Gleicher, announced via Twitter that the company is “now prohibiting…
