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Africa-Press – Lesotho. <\/strong><\/span>Earlier in March, YouTube started blocking the YouTube channels of Sputnik and RT across Europe, falling in line with the EU\u2019s anti-Russian sanctions imposed over Moscow\u2019s military operation in Ukraine.<\/p>\n

YouTube, the video hosting platform owned by Google, has moved to block access to channels associated with Russian state-funded media, citing a policy that prohibits content that denies well-documented violent events.<\/p>\n

According to the statement, the platform has already removed more than 1,000 channels and over 15,000 videos for \u201cviolating not only our hate speech policy, but also our policies around misinformation, graphic content and more\u201d. YouTube also said it has suspended all of the ways to monetise on the platform in Russia, shortly after pausing all ads on videos in the country.<\/p>\n

Earlier in March, the platform started blocking the YouTube channels of Russian state-run media across Europe after the EU slapped sanctions on Moscow over its military operation in Ukraine. Russian state media called the move an act of censorship and \u201cmanipulation of the information agenda\u201d.<\/p>\n

On Friday, another Western Big Tech company, Meta, introduced a controversial change to its platforms\u2019 policies, allowing what they called \u201cforms of political expression\u201d that would normally violate its rules \u2013 like hate speech such as \u201cdeath to the Russian invaders\u201d.<\/p>\n

The move drew massive condemnation from Russia, with the country\u2019s media watchdog announcing that Instagram would be blocked since the platform allows calls for violence against Russian soldiers. Earlier, the regulator blocked Facebook and limited access to Twitter. Instagram is set to be blocked by Russia\u2019s media watchdog on 14 March at midnight.<\/p>\n

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