Amid fighting in Ukraine, Russia continues to present the situation as a peacekeeping mission. The EU is now cracking down on the spread of fake news.
In the fight against Russian propaganda, the EU wants to ban the Russian state media RT and Sputnik.
They would no longer be able to spread lies to justify Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war against Ukraine and sow division in the EU, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said in Brussels on Sunday.
The German politician said they were working on instruments to ban “poisonous and harmful disinformation in Europe”. She spoke of a one-off step.
EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said they have been fighting disinformation since 2015. “Today we are taking a critical step to shut down Russian information manipulation.”
RT is repeatedly criticized in the West as a propaganda tool of the Kremlin. The main accusation is that the broadcaster is spreading conspiracy stories and disinformation on behalf of the Russian state. RT denies that. The station has several foreign-language programs in its portfolio.
The German media regulators recently banned RT from broadcasting the German-language TV program. They cited the lack of a broadcasting license for Germany as the reason. RT DE launched its German-language program in mid-December via several distribution channels. In Germany, you need a broadcasting license for nationwide TV programs.
Source: Stern
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