War and Conflict
YouTube bans Russia’s State Duma
YouTube says it violated its terms of service.
Facebook said it was a mistake to block #buchamassacre hashtag
Automatically hidden.
Ukraine’s Foreign minister asks countries to criminalize the use of the “Z” symbol
The symbol is used by supporters of Russia and President Vladamir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.
Google adds new “fact checking” to News, will push users to “credible” sources
As determined by Google.
Google instructed translators not to call Ukraine invasion a “war”
A contradiction to their public statements.
BlackRock CEO says Ukraine invasion could be used to accelerate use of central bank digital currencies
Part of the growing push for state-controlled digital currencies.
Indian news outlet WION criticizes YouTube for censorship bias after video upload block
The outlet says was censored for uploading the same clips as other news outlets.
Russia bans Google News
Blocked.
Russia continues to order Google to hide VPN websites
To block citizens from bypassing censorship.
Zelensky orders the merging of Ukraine’s public broadcasters, citing martial law
A “unified information policy.”