Spotify Technology SA said on Friday it will suspend its streaming service in Russia in response to the country’s new media law.
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- Spotify Technology SA said on Friday it will suspend its streaming service in Russia in response to the country’s new media law.
- The audio streaming platform closed its office in Russia indefinitely earlier this month, citing what it described as Moscow’s “unprovoked attack on Ukraine” Russia’s new legislation makes it illegal to report any event that could discredit the Russian military.
- The service is expected to end in early April, according to one person with knowledge of the situation.
- Another streaming service, Netflix, suspended service in March after saying it had no plans to add state-run channels to its Russian service, despite a regulation that would require it to do so.