Meta , YouTube, and TikTok are banning Russianstate media Russia Today andSputnik in the EU.- The EU announced at the weekend it would ban RT and Sputnik.
The moves — announced by
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"The state-owned Russia Today and Sputnik, and their subsidiaries, will no longer be able to spread their lies to justify Putin's war," European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said.
Nick Clegg, the president of global policy at Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta, said in a tweet Monday the company had received requests from a "number of governments" as well as the EU to further restrict Russian state media.
Meta had previously announced on Saturday Russian state media outlets would not be able to place ads or monetize content on its platforms, which include Facebook and Instagram.
"Given the exceptional nature of the current situation, we will be restricting access to RT and Sputnik across the EU at this time," Clegg said.
Google, which also stopped Russian state media placing ads or generating money on both YouTube and Google, announced similar measures for YouTube on Wednesday.
"Due to the ongoing war in Ukraine, we're blocking YouTube channels connected to RT and Sputnik across Europe, effective immediately," the company said in a statement on Twitter.
TikTok confirmed to Insider it would also ban RT and Sputnik and their affiliates in Europe.
Twitter has not yet released a statement on whether it will join the other social media companies in blocking Russia Today and Sputnik in the EU, and did not immediately respond when contacted by Insider for comment.
Twitter announced on Monday it would label tweets containing content from Russian state media sites such as RT and Sputnik.