Russian authorities had demanded that Google stop showing ads on the Ukraine invasion that Russia regards as 'false.'
reported earlier on Thursday that the Russian communications watchdog Roskomnadzor "demanded that Google stop showing online-video ads it described as 'false political information' about Ukraine.
"This new move is much broader than Google's earlier action to simply demonetize Russian state media, by stopping them from making money by selling ads on YouTube and using Google's ad network on the web as it covers all ad sales."In light of the extraordinary circumstances, we're pausing Google ads in Russia," Google said in a statement.The big picture:
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