YouTube, a video hosting platform owned by the US’ Google, said on Friday it has begun to block accounts of Russian government-sponsored mass media, Trend reports citing TASS.
"We are also now blocking access to YouTube channels associated with Russian state-funded media globally, expanding from across Europe. This change is effective immediately, and we expect our systems to take time to ramp up," it said on the YouTubeInsider Twitter account.
Apart from that, YouTube also suspended all ways of monetization on its platform in Russia.