Russian law change
Tiktok restricts features in Russia
All Tiktok features are no longer available in Russia. Photo: Kiichiro Sato/AP/dpa
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The change in the law in Russia on alleged false information has an impact on Tiktok users in the country: they can no longer use all the functions of the app.
Tiktok limits service in Russia after a law change faces jail time for statements that deviate from the official account of the war in Ukraine.
Users in Russia will no longer be able to stream live and upload new content to the video service. In view of the new legal situation, there is no other choice, Tiktok wrote on Twitter on Sunday.
Spreading alleged misinformation about Russian forces can be punished with hefty fines and up to 15 years in prison under Friday’s change in law. President Vladimir Putin and the Russian government describe, among other things, the war of aggression in Ukraine exclusively as a special operation.
The Russian authorities have already announced that they will completely block Tiktok rival Facebook, and access to Twitter will be restricted. Unlike the rest of the social media platform, Tiktok does not come from the USA, but belongs to the Chinese group Bytedance.