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Wicked Blue

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Sat Feb 26, 2022, 02:22 PM Feb 2022

Pressure mounts on major tech companies to take tougher line against Russia

Washington Post
By Cat Zakrzewski
Today at 9:13 a.m. EST

With Ukraine’s capital under siege, major tech companies are coming under mounting pressure to use their influence over the world’s most popular phones, apps and social media platforms to take action against Russia.

Mykhailo Fedorov, Ukraine’s digital minister, on Friday sent a letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook, calling on him to stop supplying products and services, including the App Store, to Russia. Fedorov suggested that such a move would motivate young Russians to “proactively stop the disgraceful military aggression.”

“We need your support — in 2022, modern technology is perhaps the best answer to the tanks, multiple rocket launchers … and missiles,” he wrote.

He also tweeted early Saturday that he had contacted Facebook parent company Meta, Google and Netflix, asking them to suspend services in Russia. He called on YouTube to block “propagandist” Russian channels.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/02/26/apple-youtube-ukraine-russia-pressure/

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Pressure mounts on major tech companies to take tougher line against Russia (Original Post) Wicked Blue Feb 2022 OP
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