Ofcom had launched 29 investigations into the channel due to impartiality following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
U.K. media regulator Ofcom has revoked the broadcast license of Russia’s state-backed news channel RT “with immediate effect.”
“We do not consider RT to be fit and proper to hold a U.K. licence and cannot be satisfied that it can be a responsible broadcaster,” Ofcom announced on Friday. “Today’s decision comes amid 29 ongoing investigations by Ofcom into the due impartiality of RT’s news and current affairs coverage of Russia’s invasion of“This investigation has taken account of a number of factors, including RT’s relationship with the Russian Federation. It has recognised that RT is funded by the Russian state, which has recently invaded a neighbouring sovereign country.
“Russia Today and Sputnik, as well as their subsidiaries, will no longer be able to spread their lies to justify Putin’s war and to sow division in our union,” said European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen. “So we are developing tools to ban their toxic and harmful disinformation in Europe.”
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