Major U.S. IT companies are stepping up measures to prevent the Putin administration's propaganda from spreading, such as removing government media apps that are responsible for Russian propaganda from download sites and making it impossible to earn advertising revenue. ..
Of these, Microsoft, which operates the Windows app store, announced on the 28th that it will remove the apps of the Russian government-affiliated TV station "RT" and the news agency "Sputnik" from the download site.
In addition, the news site operated by Microsoft says that it will not publish articles of Russian government media in the future, and the reason is "to prevent the spread of propaganda by the Russian government".
Meta, which changed its name from Facebook, has taken steps against Russian government media to prevent them from using Facebook to advertise or earn money.
In addition, Google has banned Russian government media from earning advertising revenue on its own sites and apps, as well as video posting sites and YouTube channels.
Regarding Putin's propaganda, it turned out that a group of hackers who seemed to be involved in Russia were trying to spread false videos such as hijacking Facebook accounts and Ukrainian soldiers losing battle. However, IT companies are strengthening their countermeasures.