video and livestreaming platforms from Facebook to TikTok and Twitch are coming under increasing pressure to combat falsehoods.Facebook and Google also said they had restricted access to some state media accounts in Ukraine at the request of the Ukrainian government.Reuters Last Updated:February 28, 2022, 09:21 ISTFOLLOW US ON:As Russian missiles rained down on Ukrainian cities, another battle took place online and over the airwaves. Moscow ramped up efforts to control the narrative playing out in news media and on tech platforms, while big tech companies Facebook-owner Meta Platforms Inc and Alphabet Inc’s Google put restrictions on Russia’s state-controlled media outlets in Ukraine and around the world.ALSO READ: War in Ukraine: How Elon Musk-Backed Starlink Internet Will Help Ukrainians Amid War With RussiaOn Friday, Russia said it would partially restrict Facebook, a move Meta said came after it refused a government request to stop the independent fact-checking of several Russian state media outlets. By Saturday, Twitter also said its service was being restricted for some Russian users. Images and videos were slower to load on Facebook after the slowdown was announced, according to users, while Facebook Messenger had long periods of not loading at all. On mobile devices, Twitter remained slow…
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War in Ukraine: How Meta, Google and Other Tech Giants Are 'Combating' False Narrative – News18
