TEXAS.- Elon Musk, owner of SpaceX, has said he will not censor Russian media from his Starlink satellite system.

“Several governments have asked Starlink to block Russian news sources. We won’t do it except at gunpoint. freedom of expression“Write also the owner of Tesla on Twitter.

EU bans Russian media RT and Sputnik

The European Union will soon ban broadcasting on the ground of the Media community RT and Sputnikboth are under Russian state control for systematic misinformation about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the 27-nation bloc said on Wednesday. to an unprecedented level.

The ban means that EU operators will have prohibited from emittingfacilitate or contribute to the dissemination of any RT or Sputnik content.

Broadcast licenses or authorizations and transmission and distribution agreements between the two companies and their EU partners will also be suspended.

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The ban applies to UK RT units and their operations in the UK, Germany, France and Spain.

The Kremlin’s systematic manipulation of information and disinformation was used as an operational tool in its attack on Ukraine,” EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said in a statement. Unity”.

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Meta, the owners of Facebook, YouTube, Google and TikTok have decided to block access to RT and Sputnik in the EU. Twitter said it would comply with the EU ban.