Britain said Monday it has barred Russia's RT and Sputnik news organizations from a global conference on media freedom in London because of their "active role in spreading disinformation. Some 60 ministers and 1,000 journalists and members of civil society are expected to attend the ...
U.K. TV may pull broadcaster Russia Today's plug over spy poisoning crisis
Britain's media regulator said Russia Today could lose its license to broadcast in the U.K. if Prime Minister Theresa May's government determines that Moscow was behind a chemical attack on a former Russian double agent in England this month. As the crisis in relations between ...
Macron plans law to fight 'fake news' in 2018 after pointing finger at Russian media
President Emmanuel Macron announced on Wednesday he would overhaul French media legislation this year to fight the spread of "fake news" on social media that he said was a threat to liberal democracies. Macron has said he and his team were victims of fake news ...
Moscow mad after Macron camp bars Russian media outlets over alleged fake news
Russia accused French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron's campaign team of discriminating against its media on Thursday, saying it had trampled on the freedom of the press by banning Russian news outlets from its events. In Paris, a Macron spokesman confirmed that the Russian state-funded Sputnik ...
