Apple suspends all product sales in Russia due to the invasion of Ukraine

the tech platforms right now are really doing a delicate dance in terms of I think it's important for them to stay operational in Russia, as it's one of the few tools that Russian activists can use that is not controlled by state media. It's one of the few ways of trying to get some information out to counter what is coming from the Russian government. And so they are trying to both stand up to the country but also not go so far. That Putin just pulls the plug totally on them being being available. Yeah. Mm hmm. It's very hard to contain mis and disinformation on these platforms for a variety of reasons. Um, one is just the capacity of fact checkers in order to even um find and debunk these stories. I do think that it's good for people to be able to see that something is state media. Um, there's been mixed reviews on the type of label and how effective it can be. Some research has shown, for instance that the labels on that facebook uses when something's fact checked as false and it has. The black overlay has actually been effective. But there's been also research that shows just like labels like underneath the tweet or underneath the posts are less effective.

Apple has stopped selling all of its products in Russia due to the invasion of Ukraine, the company announced Tuesday.Related video above: Tech companies grapple with Russian propagandaThe company said in a statement that it is "deeply concerned" about the Russian invasion and that in response, it has "paused all product sales" in the country. Apple also said it has moved to limit access to digital services, such as Apple Pay, inside Russia, and restricted the availability of Russian state media applications outside the country."Last week, we stopped all exports into our sales channel in the country. Apple Pay and other services have been limited. RT 온라인 바카라 게임 and Sputnik 온라인 바카라 게임 are no longer available for download from the App Store outside Russia," Apple said. "And we have disabled both traffic and live incidents in Apple Maps in Ukraine as a safety and precautionary measure for Ukrainian citizens."Apple's decision comes as tech companies have faced increasing public pressure to act against Russia. The Ukrainian government last week had asked Apple to stop offering its app store in Russia, but some security and democracy experts said that that could harm Russian users who are protesting the Kremlin and who rely on Western tools to organize.Facebook, YouTube and Twitter have all begun cracking down on content shared by Russian media amid intensifying pressure from European officials to act against pro-Russian propaganda. Netflix also said it is refusing to air Russian state TV channels in the country.

Apple has stopped selling all of its products in Russia due to the invasion of Ukraine, the company announced Tuesday.

Related video above: Tech companies grapple with Russian propaganda

The company said in a statement that it is "deeply concerned" about the Russian invasion and that in response, it has "paused all product sales" in the country. Apple also said it has moved to limit access to digital services, such as Apple Pay, inside Russia, and restricted the availability of Russian state media applications outside the country.

"Last week, we stopped all exports into our sales channel in the country. Apple Pay and other services have been limited. RT 온라인 바카라 게임 and Sputnik 온라인 바카라 게임 are no longer available for download from the App Store outside Russia," Apple said. "And we have disabled both traffic and live incidents in Apple Maps in Ukraine as a safety and precautionary measure for Ukrainian citizens."

Apple's decision comes as tech companies have faced increasing public pressure to act against Russia. The Ukrainian government last week had asked Apple to stop offering its app store in Russia, but some security and democracy experts said that that could harm Russian users who are protesting the Kremlin and who rely on Western tools to organize.

Facebook, YouTube and Twitter have all begun shared by Russian media amid intensifying pressure from European officials to act against pro-Russian propaganda. Netflix also said it is Russian state TV channels in the country.

Apple suspends all product sales in Russia due to the invasion of Ukraine

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