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Netflix and TikTok suspended most of their services Russia On Sunday, the government took drastic action over what people and media outlets could say about it. Russiawar in Ukraine.

TikTok said that Russian users of the popular social media app will no longer be able to post new videos or live streams, nor will they be able to see videos shared from elsewhere in the world.

Netflix announced that it is suspending its service. Russia but did not provide additional details.

The actions are likely to further isolate the country and its people, after a growing number of multinational businesses shut down their operations. Russia from vital financial services, technology and various consumer products in response to Western economic sanctions and global anger against the occupation. Ukraine.

US credit card companies Visa, Mastercard and American Express have said they will cut service over the weekend. Russia. South Korea’s Samsung Electronics, a major supplier of both smartphones and computer chips, said it would halt product shipments to the country, joining other big tech companies like Apple, Microsoft, Intel and Dell.

However, internet-based service and application providers were often reluctant to take actions that could deprive Russian citizens of social media services and other sources of information.

That changed Friday when Russian President Vladimir Putin intensified the crackdown on media outlets and individuals who didn’t follow Kremlin lines in the war, blocking Facebook and Twitter, and enacting a bill that criminalized the deliberate dissemination of what Moscow “thought” to be. fake” reports.

“In the light Russia“Our in-app messaging service will not be affected,” TikTok said on Twitter Sunday.

TikTok spokesperson Hilary McQuaide said that the TikTok app Russia it now appears in “view-only” mode and does not allow people to post or see new videos or live streams. They can still see the old videos, but not if they came from outside the country, he said.

He added that the video-sharing service, which is part of China-based technology company ByteDance, does not want to put its Russian employees or users at risk of serious criminal sanctions. Moscow, St. Petersburg and other Russian cities, some protesters denounced Russia’s occupation. Ukraine They used social media platforms to broadcast their goals.

The new law, which was quickly approved by both houses of the Kremlin-controlled parliament and signed by Putin, carries a prison sentence of up to 15 years for those who spread information contrary to the Russian government’s narrative of the war.

Multiple news outlets also said they would suspend their work indoors. Russia to assess the situation. Russian authorities have repeatedly and incorrectly denounced reports of Russian military setbacks or civilian deaths in the area. Ukraine as “fake” news. State media outlets apply Russiainvasion Ukraine as a “special military operation” rather than a war or invasion.

The law provides for up to three years in prison or a fine for disseminating news about the military that authorities consider false, but the maximum penalty rises to 15 years for cases deemed to have “grave consequences.”