peribiden Washington: Google on Saturday becomes the latest US technology giants to prevent Russian media from making money on its platform in response to Moscow’s invasion to Ukraine.
It follows a similar movement with YouTube and Facebook subsidiaries.
“Responding to the war in Ukraine, we paused the monetization of Google Media funded by Russian countries throughout our platform,” Google spokesman said in a statement.
“We actively monitor new developments and will take further steps if necessary.”
The move was revealed at the hour after Youtube announced it would block certain Russian media channels from monetizing their videos, between other limits.
“Given the extraordinary circumstances in Ukraine, we took a number of actions,” said YouTube spokesman in a statement.
“Our team has begun to pause the ability of certain channels to monetize on YouTube, including the Youtube channel RT globally,” said a spokesman, referring to the Russian-funded news outlet.
YouTube channels make money through advertisements that appear when users watch their videos.
On Friday, Facebook also said it prohibits the media from running the Russian country from running ads and monetizing through its platform.
Nations throughout the world issued extensive sanctions on the Russian business, banks and officials after Moscow invaded Ukraine on Thursday.
“As usual, our team continues to monitor carefully for new developments, including evaluating what new sanctions and export control can mean to youtube,” said a spokesman for the platform.
In addition to limiting monetization, YouTube adds it will limit recommendations to the same channel and “continue to actively cut authoritative news content” in Russian and Ukrainian related search results.
Videos from RT and a number of other channels will also be “restricted” by YouTube, the company said.
In early February, Germany prohibited RT, which pushed Russia to close the German Media Moscow Outlet Deutsche Welle bureau.
RT, made in 2005 with the name “Russia today,” accused regularly by Western authorities contributing to disinformation.
YouTube notes that for the past few days has removed hundreds of channels, including some for “coordinated deceptive practices,” the term used by the company for disinformation.
