Phone with TikTok appMOSCOW, 7 Mar. The Chinese social network TikTok announced the cessation of the distribution of new content and streaming in Russia. This decision was made because of a law signed last Friday by President Vladimir Putin on the introduction of administrative liability for spreading fake news about the actions of the Armed Forces and calls for sanctions against Russia. «In light of the new Russian law on «fake news», we have no other choice , except to suspend live broadcasts and (posting — ed.) new content on our video service, «the company's message reads. The messaging service will not be affected in this case. Restricting access to Twitter and Facebook Roskomnadzor previously restricted access to Twitter. According to him, The decision to limit the work of the social network was made on February 24 by the Prosecutor General's Office. Due to the spread of false information about the special military operation in Ukraine in early March, Roskomnadzor had already had to slow down the speed of Twitter.
Rosmolodezh said that there would be enough resources for communication without Twitter and FB. In addition, Roskomnadzor decided to block Facebook in Russia in response to restricting access to Russian media. As noted in the department, since October 2020, 26 cases of discrimination against the media in Russia have been recorded. In recent days, the social network has limited access to accounts: the Zvezda TV channel, the RIA Novosti news agency, Sputnik, Russia Today, the Lenta.ru and Gazeta.ru information resources, the report said.Special operation in UkraineRussia launched a special military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal “to protect people who have been subjected to bullying, genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.” To this end, according to him, it is planned to carry out “demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine.” bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. According to Minob defense, the Armed Forces strike only at the military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops, nothing threatens the civilian population. With the support of the Russian military, the DPR and LPR groups are developing an offensive. But the occupation of Ukraine is out of the question, the President of Russia emphasized.
