The video-posting platform TikTok has joined Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc. in restricting access to some Russian state-controlled media accounts in the European Union, including RT and Sputnik.
A spokesperson for TikTok, a subsidiary of the Chinese company ByteDance Ltd., said Monday that the company has been in communication with the EU and limited access to the Russian-government linked entities.
Eric Marner, a spokesman for the European Commission, the EU’s executive arm, said Monday that the bloc was working on how to practically implement its ban on the broadcasters amid the war in Ukraine.
Meta also said Monday that it would restrict access to RT and Sputnik, citing requests from several governments and the EU.
The Russian government has opposed social-media companies placing restrictions on these services.
The steps by the two social-media companies are the latest taken by tech companies to police the use of their productions since Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine.
