Google Suspends Advertising in Russia

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Google mentioned on Thursday evening that it had suspended all promoting in Russia after the nation’s web regulator demanded that the corporate cease displaying what it thought-about advertisements displaying false details about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Google mentioned it took the uncommon step of pausing its promoting enterprise within the nation, together with search, YouTube and show advertising. The transfer got here a couple of days after the corporate suspended promoting of content material produced by Russian state media. Google mentioned it had already blocked advertisements associated to the battle as a result of it didn’t need folks to reap the benefits of the disaster for monetary acquire.

“In mild of the extraordinary circumstances, we’re pausing Google advertisements in Russia. The state of affairs is evolving shortly, and we’ll proceed to share updates when acceptable,” the corporate mentioned in a written assertion.

Earlier on Thursday, The Wall Avenue Journal reported that the Russian communications watchdog Roskomnadzor had demanded that Google cease displaying on-line video advertisements with what it referred to as false political details about Ukraine. It accused YouTube, a unit of Google, of working promoting campaigns to misinform Russians about present occasions.

Google has taken a cautious method with the Russian authorities all through the disaster, as a result of it has greater than 100 workers on the bottom within the nation. Up to now, the Russian authorities has threatened to prosecute particular person workers of corporations that run afoul of the nation’s guidelines.

The Russian calls for to Google are the newest instance of how the web platforms of the world’s largest know-how corporations have gotten battlegrounds for the way info is shared throughout the battle.

Along with the suspension of promoting in Russia, Google banned RT, Sputnik and different Russian state-sponsored media from YouTube in Europe. It additionally mentioned it will not allow content material from Russian state media from showing on Google Information.

On the request of the Ukrainian authorities, Google mentioned it will additionally prohibit entry to RT and different Russian YouTube channels in Ukraine.

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