YouTube will also be “significantly limiting” recommendations to those channels, the video streaming giant said in a statement.
According to CNN, the company said the channels are affiliated with recent sanctions, and that it has restricted access to RT and other channels in Ukraine in response to a request from that country’s government.
The move by YouTube follows the ban announced on Friday by Meta on Russian state media’s ability to run ads and monetise them on Meta’s platform.
Meta had said it is prohibiting Russian state media from running ads or monetising on its platform anywhere in the world.
The additional steps in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine came after the country began to “partially restrict” access to Facebook.
“We are now prohibiting Russian state media from running ads or monetising on our platform anywhere in the world. We also continue to apply labels to additional Russian state media,” said Nick Clegg, VP Global Affairs at Meta.
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