Reddit sides with Ukraine, bans all links to Russia’s state-sponsored RT and Sputnik

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Russian state-sponsored media outlets, including Sputnik, are no longer welcome on the site.

It is possibly the most concrete deplatforming of those channels yet because Apple, Microsoft, Meta, and many others have paused their ads or removed content or stopped actively promoting content.

According to a post on the website, it has already been rejecting ads that target Russia or originate from any Russia-based entity, government or private.

Russia's invasion of Ukraine will be an ongoing moderation challenge, though, and it's put a process in place so the team can escalate problems directly.

We are keeping track of the latest implications and reactions from tech to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Rest of World has a list of tech company reactions.