Russia bans access to 'Google News', Google also blocks additional YouTube ads to allow invasion of Ukraine
Russia's Federal Communications, Information Technology and Media Authority (Roskomnadzor) announced on March 23, 2022 that it has blocked access to Google News from within Russia. On the same day, Google also announced on its video service YouTube that it would ban ads that denied Russia's invasion of Ukraine as a fact or justified the invasion.
Access to Google News service blocked in Russia --Roskomnadzor
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Russia bans Google News for 'unreliable' info on war in Ukraine
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Interfax, a Russian non-government news agency based in Moscow, said on March 23, 'Roskomnadzor is a Google News service in Russia because it has access to numerous sources containing unreliable information about the situation in Ukraine. Was blocked. '
As a result, access to 'news.google.com' from within Russia was restricted. Roskomnadzor said in a statement that the regulation was at the request of the Russian Public Prosecutor's Office. 'The US Internet news resources regulated this time provide access to unreliable materials and publications about the course of special military operations in Ukraine,' he accused. The Russian government has positioned the invasion of Ukraine , which began on February 24, as a special military operation for peacekeeping in the country, not a war.
Roskomnadzor's blockade of Google News follows the enforcement of the 'Fake News Act,' which imposes up to 15 years' imprisonment on reports deemed inappropriate by regulators as illegal.
On the same day, Google said on YouTube that it cannot support the sale of advertisements that are judged to be misusing, denying, or accepting the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine for profit. Announced to block ads that affirm the invasion.
Google has long banned the use of content that incites violence or content that denies tragic events in advertising, or advertises to piggyback on sensitive events, and this policy will be in this war. Will also be applied.
'We are taking additional steps with a view to clarifying and in some cases expanding monetization guidelines related to the Ukrainian War,' said Michael Asiman, a Google spokeswoman.
Roskomnadzor reportedly requested YouTube in early March to 'stop advertising campaigns that spread false information about Ukraine.' However, YouTube ignored Roskomnadzor's request and, conversely, closed the YouTube channels of two Russian government-affiliated media companies.
YouTube announces the exclusion of two Russian news media companies, IT companies are also eliminated one after another --GIGAZINE
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