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Russia on Monday ordered Alphabet Inc’s GOOGL.O Google to immediately restrict access to information posted as part of Google Ads that it said contained inaccurate information about casualties sustained by Russian forces and Ukrainian civilians. State communications regulator Roskomnadzor said it had sent a letter to Google demanding that the offending materials…

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Japan’s Rakuten Group said it is removing advertising from its Viber messaging service in Ukraine and Russia in response to Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, but said it won’t block the service in Russia as requested by Kyiv. The move is to “ensure that no-one will profit from activity on our app at this time” Rakuten said in a statement dated Sunday, adding that it has made “Viber Out” calls to landlines and mobile phones in 34 countries free for users in the region. The move comes amid escalating global tensions as President Vladimir Putin put Russia’s nuclear deterrent on high alert on Sunday in the face of a barrage of Western reprisals for his war on Ukraine. Russia calls its actions in Ukraine a “special operation”. Ukraine’s Vice Prime Minister Mykhailo Fedorov asked Rakuten to block Viber service in Russia in a letter posted on Twitter, along with similar requests to companies such as Facebook-owner Meta Platforms FB.O. “Blocking our service in Russia or any other country will harm the people of Ukraine by preventing free, private and secure communication,” Rakuten said in the statement, attributed to its chief operating officer Ken Hyakuno.

Meta Platforms said a hacking group used Facebook to target a handful of public figures in Ukraine, including prominent military officials, politicians, and a journalist, amid Russia’s ongoing invasion of the country. Meta said in the last 48 hours it had also separately removed a network of about 40 fake accounts, groups and pages across Facebook and Instagram that operated from Russia and Ukraine targeting people in Ukraine, for violating its rules against coordinated inauthentic behavior. A Twitter spokesperson said it had also suspended more than a dozen accounts and blocked the sharing of several links for violating its rules against platform manipulation and spam. It said its ongoing investigation indicated the accounts originated in Russia and were attempting to disrupt the public conversation around the conflict in Ukraine. In a blog post on Monday February 28, Meta attributed the hacking efforts to a group known as Ghostwriter, which it said successfully gained access to the targets’ social media accounts.

Highlights British energy giant BP to exit from Russian Rosneft in response to Russian attacks on Ukraine. BP believes the Russian exit is in best long-term interest of all its shareholders. BP’s exit puts the spotlight on other Western companies having stake in Russia. Global energy giant BP Plc (LON:BP) has sparked a new row of actions against the Russian invasion on Ukraine with its decision to exit from its shareholding in Rosneft. Russia’s western allies are already peaking sanctions including moves like closing airspace, cutting Russian banks off SWIFT network and other moves. BP’s decision to exit Russia marks a major corporate action in response to the growing pressure from Western governments to widen economic sanctions on Russia. BP loses billions as it abandons Russian Rosneft BP has announced its exit from Russian oil giant Rosneft ending abruptly an over three-decade old operation in the energy-rich country. Around half of BP’s oil and gas reserves and a third of its production comes from the Russian Rosneft.

Access to its YouTube channels is demanded of Google by Russian state media regulator Roskomnadzor Roskomnadzor, Russia’s state media regulator, reportedly contacted Alphabet Inc., the parent company of Google and YouTube, on Sunday, February 27, demanding it lifts the restrictions that have been imposed in Ukraine on broadcasts from the likes of Sputnik, RBC, and […] The post Russian media regulator demands Google restore access to its YouTube channels appeared first on Euro Weekly News Spain .

Alphabet Inc''s Google confirmed on Sunday it has temporarily disabled for Ukraine some Google Maps tools which provide live information about traffic conditions and how busy different places are. The company said it had taken the action of globally disabling the Google Maps traffic layer and live information on how busy places like stores and restaurants are in Ukraine for the safety of local communities in the country, after consulting with sources including regional authorities. Ukraine is facing attacks from Russian forces who invaded the country on Thursday. As missiles fell on Ukrainian cities, nearly 400,000 civilians, mainly women and children, have fled into neighbouring countries. Russia calls its actions in Ukraine a "special operation". Big tech companies including Google have said they are taking new measures to protect users'' security in the region. Online services and social media sites have also been tapped by researchers piecing together activity around the war. A professor at California''s Middlebury Institute of International Studies said Google Maps helped him track a "traffic jam" that was actually Russian movement towards the border hours before Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the attack.

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WASHINGTON: US tech giants were under intense pressure to pick a side regarding Ukraine’s invasion, at once facing calls to stand against Moscow’s internationally condemned war but also Kremlin retribution for resistance. Services like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube have a unique power because of their global reach and ubiquity, but they are profit-motivated companies so a stridently principled stand can be bad for business. Since Moscow attacked its neighbor Ukraine this week, the besieged nation has urged firms from Apple to Google and Netflix to cut off Russia, while Facebook said its service was curbed for refusing to bend to Kremlin demands. Twitter, which faced fines and slower service last year over government orders to remove certain content, reported Saturday its network was “being restricted for some people in Russia.” “Western companies have provided an online space for Russians to get information about the atrocities their government is committing in Ukraine,” tweeted Alina Polyakova, president and CEO of the Center for European Policy Analysis. “The Kremlin is moving aggressively to hide the truth,” she added.

Alphabet Inc’s GOOGL.O Google has banned downloads of Russian state-owned media outlet RT’s mobile app on Ukrainian territory at the request of the government in Kyiv. “In response to a legal request from the Ukrainian government, the RT News app is no longer available for download on Google Play in Ukraine,” a…

WASHINGTON, D.C.: US tech giants were under intense pressure to pick a side regarding Ukraine''s invasion, at once facing calls to stand against Moscow''s internationally condemned war but also Kremlin retribution for resistance. Services like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube have a unique power because of their global reach and ubiquity, but they are profit-motivated companies so a stridently principled stand can be bad for business. Since Moscow attacked its neighbor Ukraine this week, the besieged nation has urged firms from Apple to Google and Netflix to cut off Russia, while Facebook said its service was curbed for refusing to bend to Kremlin demands. Twitter, which faced fines and slower service last year over government orders to remove certain content, reported Saturday its network was "being restricted for some people in Russia." "Western companies have provided an online space for Russians to get information about the atrocities their government is committing in Ukraine," tweeted Alina Polyakova, president and CEO of the Center for European Policy Analysis. "The Kremlin is moving aggressively to hide the truth," she added.

© Reuters. Russia Today (RT) logo is seen in this illustration picture taken February 26, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration MOSCOW (Reuters) – Alphabet (NASDAQ:) Inc’s Google has banned downloads of Russian state-owned media outlet RT’s mobile app on Ukrainian territory at the request of the government in Kyiv, RT said on Sunday. Google on Saturday barred …

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google has banned downloads of Russian state-owned media outlet RT’s mobile app on Ukrainian territory at the request of the government in Kyiv, RT said on Sunday. Google on Saturday barred RT and other channels from receiving money for ads on their websites, apps and YouTube videos, similar to a … Read More

Alphabet Inc''s Google barred on Saturday Russia''s state-owned media outlet RT and other channels from receiving money for ads on their websites, apps and YouTube videos, similar to a move by Facebook after the invasion of Ukraine, Report informs via Reute