Now playing Next Tech News YouTube blocks access to Russian state-funded media channels globally The video streaming platform said Russia's invasion of Ukraine now fell under its violent events policy and violating material would be removed. 11/03/2022
Now playing Next The Cube UN denies banning staff from using 'war' and 'invasion' over Ukraine Multiple UN spokespeople have denied the reports published in the Irish Times. 08/03/2022
Now playing Next Europe News EU officials defend move to ban RT and Sputnik amid censorship claims “They are not independent media, they are assets, they are weapons, in the Kremlin's manipulation ecosystem." 08/03/2022
Now playing Next Tech News Telegram is being used by both sides in the Ukraine war. Is it safe? President Volodymyr Zelenskyy used the app to call on Ukrainians to resist Russia’s attack, while Russians are using it to access news. 07/03/2022
Now playing Next Tech News Google reviews in Russia flooded with news from Ukraine invasion Restaurants and businesses in Russia are finding their Google reviews full of comments about the war in Ukraine. 02/03/2022
Now playing Next Tech News Big Tech blocks RT and Sputnik on social media One Russian official called social media platforms "foreign instigators of war" after they cracked down on state media outlets. 02/03/2022
Now playing Next Tech News Facebook dismantles Russian disinformation network in Ukraine The network of around 40 fake pages and groups tried to promote fake news articles about Ukraine and the west, Meta said. 28/02/2022
Now playing Next Tech News Ukraine: Russia's fight with Big Tech to control the war narrative From Facebook and Twitter to TikTok, Big Tech is feeling the squeeze from the Kremlin's information war but the platforms aren't taking it lying down. 28/02/2022
Now playing Next Tech News Ukraine: Meta bans Russian media from running ads amid censorship row Russia had ordered Meta to stop independent fact-checking of reports from Russian media on Facebook amid a wider crackdown of media in the country. 26/02/2022
Now playing Next The Cube Ukraine disinformation is spreading. Here’s what you can do to stop it Disinformation has always been a feature of war. But in an age of unverifiable information being shared on social media, it can be hard to combat. 25/02/2022
Now playing Next The Cube There is no investigation into UK COVID-19 vaccines, police say The Metropolitan police stated that it will not be taking any action on complaints from anti-vaccine protesters in the UK. 23/02/2022
Now playing Next Green News Over 50% of posts from climate change deniers not labelled on Facebook "Meta keeps claiming it cares about climate change, but they have failed to stop the spread of misinformation about climate change on their platform." 23/02/2022
Now playing Next Culture news Has Joe Rogan's controversial podcast suddenly been spiked? It disappeared at the end of last week, but only briefly. 21/02/2022
Now playing Next The Cube Debunked: COVID-19 vaccines do not create variants of HIV/AIDS False claims have suggested a link between Coronavirus jabs and the new HIV variant that emerged in the Netherlands. 10/02/2022
Now playing Next The Cube Fact check: UK police are not investigating COVID-19 vaccine programme A number of videos have shown anti-vax protesters handing out fake legal documents to medical workers and other professionals claiming that vaccines are an alleged threat to public health. 08/02/2022
Now playing Next Culture news Neil Young tells Spotify workers to 'get out of that place' It's not over. It might never be over. 08/02/2022
Now playing Next Tech News Spotify says Joe Rogan isn't going anywhere Spotify acknowledged that podcast episodes featuring racist language were taken down at their urging - but insisted that the company wasn’t Rogan's publisher. 07/02/2022
Now playing Next Tech News No bleach, no COVID parties: Spotify reveals its content rules Spotify CEO Daniel Ek said he didn't want the company to be a "content censor" after controversy over alleged COVID misinformation in its biggest podcast. 31/01/2022
Now playing Next world news Spotify adds COVID warnings after Joe Rogan controversy Spotify CEO Daniel Ek said he didn't want the company to be a "content censor" after controversy over alleged COVID misinformation in its biggest podcast. 31/01/2022
Now playing Next The Cube COVID vaccine misinformation violates human rights, says Pope Francis Pope Francis has condemned the spread of fake news about coronavirus jabs and the pandemic. 28/01/2022