Snapchat blocks ads in Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine

The app of Snapchat will not show advertisements in Ukrainein Russia and in Belarus. For the latter two, the sale of advertising space, in response to the invasion of Ukraine. However, it will continue to provide social and messaging services in all three countries as it is considered important for communicating securely.

Snapchat blocks ads in Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine

In an announcement on their blog, Snapchat said it will respect “land direct sanctions on Russian companies and to individuals ”close to the Kremlin. The company said it never had offices in Russia and never accepted money from entities close to the Kremlin. But it respects the sanctions decided by the Western front. And he also made it known that he will not display advertisements both in the territory of the attackers Russia and Belarus and in the invaded Ukraine, for avoid the dissemination of false information.

However, he realizes that mostly imencrypted essays and self-destructing of content remain important tools for both Ukrainians and dissidents in the two invading nations. So they will stay online.

Snap joins the many Western companies that have decided to implement sanctions against Moscow. Twitter has paused ads in Ukraine and Russia to prevent them from being used to spread fake news. Is Facebook that Microsoft they blocked the news agencies Sputnik and RT to avoid the spread of propaganda, as well as Google and recently TikTok. Telegram instead he decided to continue not to filter communications to avoid blocking channels of dissidents and Ukrainians, while sending a message of support to Ukraine.

Snap further specified that on Snapchat No posts from RT and other Kremlin-affiliated media were ever allowed on the Discover page, so it does not have to do any further filtering of the news. However, he warns that he will closely monitor the platform to stop misinformation in the bud.