Russia’s communications agency said on Thursday it was taking punitive measures against Google, including banning ads on the platform and its information resources, for violating Russian law.
Roskomnadzor accused Google’s video-sharing platform – YouTube, which has blocked Russian state media globally – of becoming “one of the main platforms spreading fakes”. [imagens falsas] on the course of the special military operation [da Rússia] on the territory of Ukraine, discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation”.
Roskomnadzor said the measures against Google, which include a notice on search engines saying it is violating Russian law, will remain in effect until it complies with the legislation.
Google did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Last month, Russia demanded that Google stop posting what it called threats against Russian citizens on YouTube.
The regulatory agency also blocked Google’s news aggregator service in March, accusing it of allowing access to false material about the military operation in Ukraine.
Last month, the Russian parliament passed a law that provides for prison terms of up to 15 years for those who knowingly spread “fake” news that is at odds with the government’s accounts of the military.
A desire to control information about his campaign in Ukraine has intensified Moscow’s longstanding tensions with foreign tech companies.
Outraged that Meta is allowing social media users in Ukraine to post messages such as “Death to Russian invaders.”, Moscow blocked Instagram in March, having already cut off access to Facebook because of what it said were the platform’s restrictions. about Russian media.
Russia sent tens of thousands of troops to Ukraine on February 24 in what it called a special operation to degrade its southern neighbor’s military capabilities and eradicate people it called dangerous nationalists.
Ukrainian forces mounted strong resistance and the West imposed sweeping sanctions in an effort to force Russia to withdraw its forces.
Source: CNN Brasil
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