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YouTube Deletes Russian State-Backed RT’s German Language Channels Over COVID-19 Misinformation

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YouTube Deletes Russian State-Backed RT’s German Language Channels Over COVID-19 Misinformation

After the German-language channel of the Russian state-backed broadcaster RT was deleted, Russia on Wednesday threatened to block Alphabet’s YouTube and said it was considering retaliation against the German media. YouTube said on Tuesday that RT’s channel violated its COVID-19 misinformation policy, and the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs called this an “unprecedented information aggression”.

Roskomnadzor, Russia’s national communications regulator, stated that it has sent a letter to Google and requested that the restrictions be lifted. It stated that if Russia fails to comply with the regulations, it may seek to partially or completely restrict access to YouTube. Google declined to comment on Wednesday.

The Kremlin said it may have to force YouTube to comply with Russian law, saying it may adopt a zero tolerance approach to violations. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters: “Of course there are signs that the laws of the Russian Federation have been broken and blatantly broken, because of course this involves censorship and obstruction of the media’s dissemination of information.”

The Russian Foreign Ministry said. The authorities have received “a proposal to develop and take retaliatory measures against the YouTube hosting service and the German media.” Christian Mihr, the executive director of German Reporters Without Borders (RSF), said that threats to take action against German journalists are “completely inappropriate”. In the past year, Moscow has increased its pressure on foreign technology companies, fined social media companies that failed to delete content that Russia considers illegal, and punitively slowed down Twitter.

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Critics of the Kremlin say this pressure caused Google and Apple to remove an anti-government tactical voting app from their stores on the first day of parliamentary elections earlier this month. Berlin denies the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ allegations that YouTube’s decision was made with the explicit and tacit support of the German authorities and local media. “This is a decision made by YouTube in accordance with the rules created by YouTube. This is not a measure (taken) by the German government or other official organizations,” German government spokesperson Steffen Seibert told reporters.

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Tom Holland to star alongside Matt Damon in Christopher Nolan’s next, will juggle that with Spider-Man 4 in 2025

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Tom Holland to star alongside Matt Damon in Christopher Nolan’s next, will juggle that with Spider-Man 4 in 2025

Tom Holland, last seen in Apple TV show The Crowded Room last year, has signed his next with Academy Award-winning filmmaker Christopher Nolan.

Tom Holland is going to have a very busy 2025. As per The Hollywood Reporter, the actor has signed Christopher Nolan’s next, which he will juggle the filming of with that of the long-awaited Spider-Man 4. (Also Read – Tom Holland shares why he left alcohol behind: ‘Struggling without booze…’)

Tom signs Nolan’s next

This will mark the first collaboration between Tom and Christopher. While details of his next directorial aren’t known yet, it’s most likely not to have a contemporary setting. It’ll be either set in the past like, his previous film Oppenheimer (2023), or in the future like Interstellar (2014). Matt Damon, who has worked with Christopher in both, has also come on board his next.

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Christopher’s next will be co-produced by him and his wife Emma Thomas’ banner Syncopy Inc and Universal Pictures, as the two production houses will team up after the Academy Award-winning blockbuster Oppenheimer last year. Prior to Oppenheimer, Christopher collaborated mostly with Warner Bros before having a fallout post the debacle of Tenet (2020).

Warner Bros then went on to produce Greta Gerwig’s musical satire Barbie, which clashed with Oppenheimer at the box office and even outperformed it globally. Warner Bros offered Christopher a cheque for the fees he waived off for helming Tenet during the pandemic. While Christopher graciously accepted the belated remuneration, he still went on to pitch his next to Warner Bros.

Tom’s busy schedule

Tom didn’t have any release this year. His last outing was Todd Graff’s psychological thriller show The Crowded Room on Apple TV last year. He’ll juggle the filming of Christopher Nolan’s next and Spider-Man 4 in 2025. Tom has been playing the superhero ever since Russo Brothers’ 2016 blockbuster Captain America: Civil War. He’s slipped into the Peter Parker shoes post that for three standalone films and two Avengers movies. Spider-Man 4 will be helmed by Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings director Destin Daniel Cretton.

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As Tom’s girlfriend and co-star Zendaya will be busy filming Spider-Man 4 in 2025, she’ll reprise her role of Chani in Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi spectacle Dune 3 only in 2026. Meanwhile, Tom is also likely to make an appearance as Spider-Man in Russo Brothers’ Avengers: Doomsday, which will go on floors in the spring of 2025.

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