Friday, 24 March, 2023

TikTok temporarily bans new video creation, livestreams in Russia

<p>TikTok is halting new video uploads and Livestream on its app in Russia, citing the country&#39;s recently approved &quot;fake news&quot; law as the reason. &quot;We have no choice but to suspend live streaming and new content to our video service in light of Russia&#39;s new &#39;fake news&#39; law, while we assess the safety implications of this law.&quot; TikTok says on Twitter, &quot;There will be no impact on our in-app messaging service.&quot; Russian President Vladimir Putin signed off on the fake news law last week.<br /> &nbsp;</p>