> the EU legally prohibited search engines from linking to RT & Sputnik. They prohibited broadcasters [0]. The legality of extension to search is disputed [1].

> the EU legally prohibited search engines from linking to RT & Sputnik. They prohibited broadcasters [0]. The legality of extension to search is disputed [1]. The EU sent a request to Google [2]. Microsoft announced changes including "further de-ranking these sites’ search results on Bing" ahead of the EU sanctions and PR [3]. [0] https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2022/03/02/eu-imposes-sanctions-on-state-owned-outlets-rt-russia-today-and-sputnik-s-broadcasting-in-the-eu/ https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2022... [1] https://twitter.com/tjmcintyre/status/1501596542624485382 https://twitter.com/tjmcintyre/status/1501596542624485382 [2] https://www.lumendatabase.org/blog_entries/notice-in-lumen-reveals-that-eu-mandated-removal-of-russian-state-sponsored-news-from-googles-search-engine https://www.lumendatabase.org/blog_entries/notice-in-lumen-r... [3] https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2022/02/28/ukraine-russia-digital-war-cyberattacks/ https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2022/02/28/ukraine...