Russia Is Trying to Block Ukraine War Footage on TikTok

Russia has demanded that TikTok change how it shows military content on its platform, as it cracks down on social media in a bid to control information being shared around its war with Ukraine. 

Such a move would affect how video footage from the Ukraine war appears on its platform and hinder open-source investigators monitoring the invasion.

The state regulator, Roskomnadzor, shared in its official Telegram channel an announcement justifying the ban on recommending any military or political content for minors, saying it had identified content “on the subject of a special...