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EU asks Meta and Google to help Belarus opposition

European Commission Vice-President asks big tech companies like Google and Meta to battle Belarusian misinformation

In a recent interview with the Financial Times, Jourová said “Fighting disinformation and promoting media freedom are two sides of the same coin — and we want Big Tech to do both.” Opposition leader, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya had to leave the country over safety fears amidst her win in the polls, which Lushenko’s regime covered up and responded with a brutal crackdown on protesters. This left 24.3 million people across the Russia-Ukraine warzone without access to cell devices and one of the largest banks, Monobank was targeted with a massive denial of service (DDoS).

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