Disney announced on Monday that it will not release new films in Russia due to the invasion of Ukraine.
“Given the unjustified invasion of Ukraine and the tragic humanitarian crisis, we will stop showing our films in Russia,” she said in a statement.
The company added that it will make future business decisions as the situation evolves and will provide humanitarian assistance through partner NGOs. It said it would cancel the Russian premiere of “Batman” scheduled for Friday.
Netflix will not abide by the new audiovisual law
Netflix confirmed Monday that it will not comply with Russia’s new audiovisual law, which requires the platform to include about 20 public channels to operate in the country.
The legislation, which is set to go into effect today, requires Netflix and other audio-visual services to broadcast content from Kremlin-linked media, such as Channel One, the NTV entertainment network and the Orthodox Church channel.
The Netflix announcement came hours after the tech company was founded Meta confirms that it will restrict access to social networks — which includes Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp — for RT and Sputnik, a Russian government-controlled media, at the request of the European Union.
Twitter, another US social network, also announced on Monday that it will add a warning to news-sharing links and messages controlled by the Kremlin and will also try to reduce trading on the platform.
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