YouTube, Meta and TikTok have announced they would restrict access to Russian outlets RT and Sputnik in the EU. RT’s Oksana Boyko reports on the matter.

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Social Media giants to ban RT channel

Question: Why on earth is TikTok, a Chinese-owned app, joining this mob attack on Russian media?

TikTok, known in China as Douyin (Chinese: 抖音; pinyin: Dǒuyīn), is a video-focused social networking service owned by Chinese company ByteDance Ltd.[4] It hosts a variety of short-form user videos, from genres like pranks, stunts, tricks, jokes, dance, and entertainment[5][6] with durations from 15 seconds to three minutes.[7][8][9] TikTok is an international version of Douyin, which was originally released in the Chinese market in September 2016.[10] TikTok was launched in 2017 for iOS and Android in most markets outside of mainland China; however, it became available worldwide only after merging with another Chinese social media service, Musical.ly, on 2 August 2018.
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