On Friday, TikTok declared to have blocked live streaming as well as the latest material over the site thereof while investigating the latest forged news law approved by Putin (the president of Russia) on Friday.
The prominent social video venue mentioned that this decision was taken by it in response to the recently imposed media news regulation by Russia, which specifies a supreme penalty of 15-year imprisonment for the people accused of disseminating misinformation regarding the government or military of the country.
The company’s in-app chat operation, as per the firm, would function normally. It added that they will carry on observing the Russian situation which will clarify when they will be capable of restarting complete operations thereof securely which is the primary concern of the firm.
TikTok got dejected
Emily Horne – the spokesperson from the White House National Security Council – released a statement criticizing the vote of the Russian Federation Council to approve an action that intimidates journalists to face the prison penalties of nearly 15 years.
Apart from the other things, the target of Russia is to refer to its invasion of Ukraine as a “special military operation” rather than as war. Temporarily, the TikTok consumers will be allowed to keep on sending messages to their friends overseas as well as people within the country.
The firm indicated that they will keep on monitoring the Russian scenario to evaluate the moment when to re-launch the complete functions thereof with safety. Following the approval of the fake news rule by the Russian Parliament, BBC declared to additionally halt reporting work across Russia.
As per Roskomnadzor (the media regulator of Russia), Facebook has been additionally been blocked on the behalf of the country. The platform has been restricted because of the decision by Facebook to stop the European Union citizens’ access to RT, Sputnik as well as the rest of media sources within Russia.
Hatred for press autonomy
The abovementioned law is a strict move for a nation that is in advance antagonistic to the standards of an autonomous press. In the words of Reporters without Borders (an advocacy group), Russia is placed at 50th position among 180 nations so far the press freedom is concerned due to its prison penalty for making efforts to regulate the internet, harassment movements to confront Kremlin oppositionists, and journalists. Bloomberg and CNN both terminated their broadcasting across Russia during the previous days.
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