By Shirin Ghaffary Russian President Vladimir Putin on March 4, 2022. | Alexey Nikolsky/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images Why Putin’s crackdown on social media is a worrying sign. The Russian government said it would block Instagram, expanding its social media crackdown that had already cut off access to Facebook and restricted Twitter for the tens of […]
By RT The billionaire refused to say which countries had ordered the censoring of Russian media Billionaire Elon Musk vowed on Friday that his SpaceX Starlink internet service would only block Russian news outlets “at gunpoint” after he was allegedly ordered by unnamed governments to censor the country’s media sources. Musk claimed in a Twitter […]
By Rachel Sharp T&R Productions sent memo to staff on Thursday informing them that it was ‘ceasing production’ of RT America Source: US operations of RT close and staff laid off after carriers cut ties with Russian-owned TV network Category: Americas, World