Russian state media will no longer appear in the Google News app

Updated : Mar 02, 2022 09:17
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EJ Biz Desk

In the Russia Ukaine criss the information war continues as well, but this time it is advantage Ukraine. Search giant Google confirmed that it had removed Russian publishers such as RT from its news-related features, including the Google News search tool. RT is a state back information provider. 

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Alphabet officials stated in a blog post that in an effort to promoting information quality, we are taking extraordinary measures to stop the spread of misinformation and disrupt disinformation campaigns online.

Google already had restricted news companies funded by the Russian government from advertising tools and some features on YouTube.

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