Big Tech’s restrictions on online content to combat disinformation around Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have been followed up with a ban on new devices to view it on, in the shape of Apple suspending sales of its products in Russia.
Customers are now unable to make purchases from the Russian version of Apple’s online store, which shows products including the latest iPhones as “currently unavailable”, reports Tim Bradshaw. The world’s most valuable company said it had stopped exporting products to Russia last week.
It said it would also block access to state media outlets Russia Today and Sputnik from the iPhone’s App Store outside the country. Facebook, YouTube and TikTok had already blocked them in Europe. Google has removed Russian state media outlets from its News search results.