The European Union plans to ban Russian state media organizations in a decision that could have a significant impact on how companies moderate their platforms. On Sunday, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said that Russia Today, Sputnik and their subsidiaries would no longer be able to spread their lies to justify Putin's war. Von der Leyen didn't specify what the measures might involve. Second, we will ban the Kremlin’s media machine in the EU. 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. pic.twitter.com/7RcPEn6E14
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It is not clear how the EU will go about banning those organizations. Both Sputnik and RT have active channels on YouTube. On Saturday, following a similar move from Facebook parent company Meta, the company said it would temporarily prevent a handful of Russian channels from earning ad revenue from their content. Russia was quick to demand at least one of the companies reverse their decision to restrict access to Russian state-run outlets in Ukraine.
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