RT reachibility restricted amid Russia-Ukraine conflict

NEW YORK: Russia Today (RT), the Russian backed media outlet infamous for promoting Vladimir Putin’s agendas, has seen its influence significantly diminish in recent days as cable carriers and social media companies have taken swift measures to block its reach.

The actions taken by television providers and technology companies against RT have dealt one of the largest blows to the outlet in its history, reducing the Kremlim’s ability to peddle its narrative at a pivotal time when its international standing has fallen as a result of its unprovoked war on Ukraine.

Youtube, TikTok, Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, each separately announced on Monday and Tuesday some of the harshest measures taken so far against RT. The social media companies said they had moved to block RT in Europe. The outlet’s accounts will no longer be accessible to users on that continent through those companies’ services, depriving RT of crucial venues to advance its messaging.

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Meta and Google, the parent coompany of YouTube, had previously announced that RT will no longer be eligible to monetize its content on the company’s platforms.

Roku, the company that sells hardware which allows users to stream content through internet, said on Monday that it would also bar RT in Europe. Television providers all across the world are also dropping RT.

Two of Canada’s largest television providers, Rogers Communications and Bell Canada, said on Monday that they have made the decision to remove the channel from their lineups, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

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1+1 Media Group, a Ukrainian media conglomerate, said on Monday that it had written a joint letter with other Ukrainian media companies to television and other providers imploring them to scrub Russian news channels from their services.

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