The Chinese social network is the first to limit access to the contents of two state media from the Russian Federation.
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On the social network Tiktok, RT (formerly Russia Today) and Sputnik no longer respond, at least in Europe. The videos of these two Russian state media are, in fact, more accessible on the Chinese social network, has found Le Monde. Indeed, according to our information, the social network decided on Monday, February 28 to restrict access to RT and Sputnik, because of the Russian invasion in Ukraine. The French representative of Tiktok spoke of this measure at a meeting organized with the main social networks by the Secretary of State on Digital Cédric O, Monday morning. The latter asked for platforms to prevent access to the two Russian “propaganda media, in anticipation of the decisions announced on Sunday by the European Commission. Tiktok is the first social network to take such a measure.
According to the findings of the world, the Videos of RT in French, English or Spanish are no longer accessible from France, but they can always be consulted by Internet users connecting from a country not belonging to the ‘European Union. Solicited, Tiktok was not able to comment on this information.
2 February 27, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, had announced that Europe would “prohibit the Kremlin media machine”. “The State Media RT and Sputnik, as well as their subsidiaries, will no longer be able to disseminate their lies to justify the Putin War and to sow division in our Union,” she said.
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RT France has already announced its intention to challenge any blocking measure. And said: “The decision to ban our chain, in which 176 employees work, including more than one hundred journalists, is a violation of the rule of law and goes against the very principles of freedom of expression. Nothing can not justify this censorship. “
Other platforms, such as YouTube (Google subsidiary) or Facebook have already taken action: Saturday, the video platform has announced to prevent the advertising monetization of RT and Sputnik videos, and limit The recommendation of their videos by their algorithms. However, the US social networks have, for the moment, not suspended the two Russian media, believing that there was no adequate legal provision at this stage in their internal regulations or in the law. Twitter announced, Monday, February 28, that the links to RT and Sputnik published on its platform would now be preceded by a very visible mention indicating that they belong to the Russian state. Other public media should know the same treatment in the future, explains the company.
TODAY, WE’RE Adding Labels to Tweets That Share Links to Russian State-Affiliated Media Websites and Are Taking Ste … https://t.co/tsds0xwhbk //p>- yoyoel (@yoel roth)
However, the European Commission seems to be prepared to legally specify its prohibition request: M me von der Leyen announced “new tools”, and A spokesman for Brussels said Monday noon, at a press point , work at “Practical arrangements”, which could be unveiled at the announcement of a new series of sanctions towards Russia Tuesday or Wednesday.