TikTok, American Express and PricewaterhouseCoopers all suspend operations in Russia: Social media giant joins firms boycotting Russia over censorship as economic vice tightens on Moscow

Daily Mail (U.K.) ^ | 06 Mar 2022 | Andrea Cavallier

[Meet the New Boss]

TikTok has suspended all live streaming and content sharing on its platform in Russia, joining American Express and PricewaterhouseCoopers, the latest of several companies to boycott the country amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

The social media giant made the announcement Sunday in response to the country's new controversial 'fake news' law, which threatens imprisonment for sharing what authorities consider to be false information.

'TikTok is an outlet for creativity and entertainment that can provide a source of relief and human connection during a time of war when people are facing immense tragedy and isolation,' the company said they had 'no choice' but to suspend the services.

The platform is not the first company to suspend its services in Russia.

Netflix made the decision to suspend its service in Russia, a company spokesperson said on Sunday.

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Social media giant TikTok, which is part of the larger Chinese tech company ByteDance, stated that the safety of the app's employees and users is its highest priority.

[Meet the New Boss]

Yuge. Young Russians love them their TikTok.

Messaging service still works, but not uploading content.

[mewzilla]

Meanwhile...

https://www.digitaltransactions.net/amex-deepens-its-ties-in-china-via-an-acquiring-agreement-with-leshua-technology/

[Fai Mao]

Big tech upset over censorship. The jokes right themselves.

[SkyDancer]

VISA and Master Card have also suspended service; the folks there are going nuts. You think we’re upset over gas prices?

[A Cyrenian]

Oh man.

I was afraid you were going to say the mexican drug cartel is now boycotting Russia.

SHOOOOW!

[WMarshal]

Chinese and Indian products and services will fill in the gap and the dollar will lose it reserve currency status. We are cutting our own throats.

[ptsal]

What is the spot price of Afghani heroin? ...or drugs in general with the payment structure in disarray?

[libertylover]

Big tech upset over censorship. The jokes right themselves.

Ain't it the truth?

[FarCenter]

Getting rid of PWC should increase Russian productivity.

[perfect_rovian_storm]

Yep. And so many clueless morons are cheering it on.

[Responsibility2nd]

The American media was solely and primarily responsible for getting America involved in one war; the Spanish American war.

Will American social media get us involved in the Russian Ukraine war?

Possibly.

[WMarshal]

So many Freepers say “go woke, go broke” about business but have nothing to say when it is being done on a global scale against a great power. This will have serious repercussions for America as every nation races to protect themselves from this type of attack. Make no mistake, other nations view this cancelling as an attack and they will not leave themselves vulnerable to the same weapons of they can.

America used to be for open business networks and the rule of law but the mask is off the demon and the world will change accordingly.

[DYngbld]

boycotting Russia over censorship

Must have been mentioning COVID and the useless vax and masks? /sarc (sort of)