“In light of Russia’s new ‘fake news’ law, we have no choice but to suspend live streaming and new content for our video service,” the company’s Twitter account said.
It is clarified that, for now, the in-app messaging service will not be affected by the restrictions.
Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law criminalizing dissemination of false information about the Russian Armed Forces and calls for anti-Russian sanctions.
Roskomnadzor said that since May 2021, seven facts of discrimination against official media accounts and Russian public figures on the TikTok platform have been recorded.