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  • Apple Halts Product Sales in Russia, Removes Media Outlets RT & Sputnik From App Store

    New Delhi: Deeply concerned about the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Apple has halted sales of all of its products in Russia. The tech giant has also removed media outlets RT and Sputnik from the App Store. Apple said that it has “stopped all exports into our sales channel in the country” in response to the Russian invasion, adding that it will continue to evaluate the situation. Apple Spring Event 2022 Date Likely To Be Announced Today: Report.

    “We have taken a number of actions in response to the invasion. We have paused all product sales in Russia. Last week, we stopped all exports into our sales channel in the country. Apple Pay and other services have been limited,” the company said in a statement late on Tuesday.

    The company said that RT News and Sputnik News are no longer available for download from the App Store outside Russia.

    “We have disabled both traffic and live incidents in Apple Maps in Ukraine as a safety and precautionary measure for Ukrainian citizens,” said Apple.

    Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine, Mykhailo Fedorov, last week urged Apple CEO Tim Cook to stop supplying products and services to Russian users as a response to its invasion of Ukraine. In an open letter posted on Twitter, Fedorov said he has contacted Cook to block the App Store for people in Russia.

    “I’ve contacted @tim_cook, Apple’s CEO, to block the Apple Store for citizens of the Russian Federation, and to support the package of US government sanctions!,” he said. “I appeal to you to stop supplying Apple services and products to the Russian Federation, including blocking access to the App Store!” added Fedorov who is also the Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine.

    Fedorov had asked Cook to stop App Store services for Russian users too.

    (The above story first appeared on Morning Tidings on Mar 02, 2022 02:39 PM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website morningtidings.com).

  • Instagram, YouTube Block Russian News Outlets RT and Sputnik Across Europe

    New Delhi, March 1: After Facebook and Instagram, Google-owned YouTube on Tuesday said it has also blocked Russian news outlets RT (formerly Russia Today) and Sputnik across Europe in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The Alphabet-owned company confirmed the news on Twitter. “Due to the ongoing war in Ukraine, we’re blocking YouTube channels connected to RT and Sputnik across Europe, effective immediately. It’ll take time for our systems to fully ramp up. Our teams continue to monitor the situation around the clock to take swift action,” it posted.

    Ursula von der Leyen, The president of the EU Commission, said the bloc would ban “the Kremlin’s media machine. “The state-owned Russia Today and Sputnik, and their subsidiaries, will no longer be able to spread their lies to justify Putin’s war. We are developing tools to ban their toxic and harmful disinformation in Europe,” she said. Facebook Bans Russian State Media from Running Ads, Monetizing Platform Over Ukraine Invasion.

    Earlier, Meta (formerly Facebook) blocked Russian state media outlets RT and Sputnik across the European Union. RT and Sputnik pages aren’t visible in the EU on Facebook and Instagram any more.

    “We have received requests from a number of Governments and the EU to take further steps in relation to Russian state controlled media,” Nick Clegg, president of global affairs at Meta, said on Twitter.

    “Given the exceptional nature of the current situation, we will be restricting access to RT and Sputnik across the EU at this time,” he posted late on Monday. The social network has also blocked Russian state media from advertising on the platform.

    Meta earlier blocked access to several Russian state-controlled accounts in Ukraine. The social network said it was also reviewing other governments’ requests to restrict access to these accounts in their countries. Hit by partial restrictions, Meta (formerly Facebook) had prohibited Russian state media from running ads or monetising on its platform anywhere in the world.

    Meta has also taken down a network for targeting people in Ukraine who posed as news editors, aviation engineers and authors to spread misinformation around the Russian invasion across social media platforms.

    The people ran websites posing as independent news entities and created fake personas across social media platforms including Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, Telegram and also Russian Odnoklassniki and VK apps, the company said. This operation ran a handful of websites masquerading as independent news outlets, publishing claims about the West betraying Ukraine and Ukraine being a failed state.

    (The above story first appeared on Morning Tidings on Mar 01, 2022 11:08 PM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website morningtidings.com).

  • Microsoft to join US hearing on tech supremacy of news outlets

    Microsoft to join US hearing on tech supremacy of news outlets

    The opposing subcommittee led the charge against tech platforms, and in this instance will also hear from Microsoft President Brad Smith, focusing on his relationships with news organizations

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    A house judicial panel focused on Antitrust will hear from three witnesses on Friday representing a range of news organizations with concerns over how big tech platforms such as Facebook and Alphabet’s Google are increasingly dominating their industry.

    The Opposition Subcommittee leading the charge against the tech platform, and in this instance focusing on its relationship with news organizations, will also hear from Microsoft President Brad Smith.

    Social media companies use news to attract customers and they have been accused by news publishers of not sharing enough advertising revenue with them.

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    Witnesses for Friday’s hearing include David Chavern, head of the News Media Alliance, which includes News Corp and USA Today; Emily Barr, who represents the National Association of Broadcasters and Graham Media Group, which has 7 local TV stations; The statement said that Newsgild-CWA President Jonathan Shaluos represented the reporters.

    Bipteratan members of Congress are expected to introduce a bill in the near future, which will make it easier for small news organizations to negotiate better deals with the Big Tech platform and increase their revenue.

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