Now it's the turn of Google News which is blocked from Russia, this is the reason!
The Russian government has officially announced that Google News has been blocked from its country. This decision was taken because Google News is considered to have spread hoax news about its military aggression in Ukraine.
As we both know, the Russian military under the command of Vladimir Putin is indeed focusing on attacking Ukraine due to the conflict between the two countries that has not found a way out.
Several media outlets were busy reporting on the military aggression, including Google News, which often featured the latest news from all over the world. Not happy with the news released by the media, the Russian government finally chose to block Google News from its country.
Claimed to have spread hoaxes, Google News finally blocked from Russia
Launching from Reutersthis decision is in line with an order from the Russian public prosecutor who found Google News guilty of spreading false news about its invasion of Ukraine.
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“The relevant American network news sources provide access to many publications and materials containing non-genuine and publicly important information about special military operations on Ukrainian territory,” Roskomnadzor said.
With this decision, it is certain that all Russian citizens will not be able to get the latest news from Google News, because the media has disappeared ‘silenced’ by the relevant government.
In an official statement, Google revealed that its service had begun to be unusable in Russia. They confirmed it was not a technical problem from the company.
“We have confirmed that some people are having difficulty accessing the Google News app and website in Russia and this is not due to a technical issue on our part,” Google said.
“We have worked hard to keep information services such as news accessible to people in Russia for as long as possible,” he continued.
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Previously, the Russian government had also blocked two Meta-owned platforms, namely Facebook and Instagram. In fact, his party gave a stamp if Meta was an extremist organization.
“The Tverskoy District Court of Moscow on Monday considered the social media activities of Instagram and Facebook, owned by the American company Meta, to be extremist and blocked in Russia,” The Tverskoy District Court of Moscow (TASS) wrote in its official report.
