Google bans Russian state media from receiving money for ads - agency
TASS, February 27. Google has decided to ban Russia’s state media from receiving money for ads, the Reuters news agency said on Sunday.
According to the agency, the tech giant temporarily paused Russia’s state-funded media outlets from placing ads on its services.
Earlier, YouTube confirmed that it had barred some Russian channels from receiving money for ads due to a special military operation in Ukraine. Prior to this, the monetization of Russian media was banned by Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram.