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Tuesday, March 1, 2022
Google blocks YouTube channels of Russian broadcasters RT, Sputnik in Europe
In this June 11, 2013 file photo, Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, visits the new headquarters of the 'Russia Today' television channel in Moscow, Russia. (Yuri Kochetkov/Pool Photo via AP, File)
BERLIN — Google is blocking the YouTube channels of Russian broadcasters RT and Sputnik in Europe due to the war in Ukraine.
Google says in a statement on Twitter that the decision will be “effective immediately.”
But the company adds that “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,” Google says.
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