The short message service Twitter is blocking advertisements in the warring countries Russia and Ukraine until further notice. In this way, one wants to ensure that important information on public safety in the two states is highlighted, the group said on its news service on Saturday. Advertising would distract from such information.
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- Meanwhile, Ukraine’s Digitization Minister, Deputy Prime Minister Mykhailo Fedorov, wrote to Apple CEO Tim Cook, calling on him to support sanctions against Russia by blocking Apple services, including the app store.
The letter, which was circulated on Twitter, says: “We need your support – in 2022 modern technology may be the best answer to the tanks, multiple rocket launchers (Grad) and missiles”. He concluded by saying: “We are sure that such actions will motivate the youth and active population of Russia to proactively stop the shameful military aggression.”
The day before, Russia had partially restricted the social network Facebook. The communications supervisor Roskomnadzor in Moscow had accused the Facebook group Meta of having violated “fundamental human rights and freedoms” and “rights and freedoms of Russian citizens” by blocking Russian media on Facebook.
Meanwhile, the German Funke media group registered Internet attacks on its websites. In the live blog of the group’s “Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung” (WAZ), which contains news about the Russian attack on Ukraine, it said on Friday evening: “The websites of the daily newspapers, magazines and reach portals of the Funke media group have been Attacked in several waves tomorrow by so-called bots.” A bot is automated software designed to cause harm.
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