Spotify Closes Office In Russia

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JAKARTA - Spotify, a global audio streaming service provider, announced that its company is closing its Russia branch indefinitely in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. "Our first priority over the past week has been the safety of our employees and to ensure that Spotify continues to function as a an important source of global and regional news at a time when access to information is more important than ever," Spotify said in a statement. foreigners with more than 500 thousand daily users to open a local office or their services will be restricted.

By the law's March 2022 deadline, only a handful of companies including Spotify had complied with the rule by opening offices. But since Russia's invasion of Ukraine last week, other governments around the world have urged global companies to get involved in restricting Russia's movement. Spotify says it has reviewed thousands of content since the invasion was announced, and restricts programs and events owned and operated by media affiliated with the Russian government. This includes Spotify's actions earlier this week that removed all content from state media RT and Sputnik from its platforms in the region. The European Union, the United States and other countries except Russia. This step was taken by Spotify in line with other technology companies such as Facebook and Twitter. In addition, Spotify employees are also rumored to be donating an adjusted amount to later be given to victims of the invasion.