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TOKYO: Japan's Rakuten Group<\/a> said it is removing advertising from its Viber<\/a> messaging service in Ukraine<\/a> and Russia<\/a> in response to Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, but said it won't block the service in Russia as requested by Kyiv.
The move is to \"ensure that no-one will profit from activity on our app at this time\" Rakuten<\/a> said in a statement dated Sunday, adding that it has made \"Viber Out\" calls to landlines and mobile phones in 34 countries free for users in the region.
The move comes amid escalating global tensions as President Vladimir Putin put Russia's nuclear deterrent on high alert on Sunday in the face of a barrage of Western reprisals for his war on Ukraine. Russia calls its actions in Ukraine a \"special operation\".
Ukraine's Vice Prime Minister Mykhailo Fedorov asked Rakuten to block Viber service in Russia in a letter posted on Twitter, along with similar requests to companies such as Facebook-owner Meta Platforms<\/a>.
\"Blocking our service in Russia or any other country will harm the people of Ukraine by preventing free, private and secure communication,\" Rakuten said in the statement, attributed to its chief operating officer Ken Hyakuno.
Viber, which launched in 2010 and was acquired by e-commerce firm Rakuten in 2014, is entrenched in the region with 97% of Ukrainian smartphone owners using the app.
Rakuten's billionaire founder and chief executive Hiroshi Mikitani has expressed his support for Ukraine, changing his Twitter profile picture to the country's blue and yellow flag and making a 1 billion yen ($8.7 million) donation to its government for aid.
Other action by tech firms include Alphabet's Google temporarily disabling some features on Google Maps in Ukraine as Russian troops advance into the country.
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日本乐天删除广告推出应用在俄罗斯和乌克兰,不会阻碍服务
此举是为“确保没有人会获利活动在我们的应用程序在这个时候“乐天约会周日在一份声明中说,补充说,这与“推出”的固定电话和移动电话在34个国家免费用户在该地区。
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东京:日本乐天集团把广告从其说推出消息传递服务乌克兰和俄罗斯乌克兰在莫斯科的入侵,但他表示这不会阻止服务在俄罗斯基辅请求的。
此举是为“确保没有人会获利活动在我们的应用程序在这个时候”乐天约会周日在一份声明中表示,它已经与“推出”的固定电话和移动电话在34个国家免费用户在该地区。
此举正值全球紧张局势不断升级的总统普京将俄罗斯的核威慑力量高度警惕周日面对接二连三的西方报复他的战争在乌克兰。俄罗斯称其行为在乌克兰“特别行动”。
乌克兰副总理正式Fedorov问乐天阻止俄罗斯推出服务在Twitter上发布的一封信中,伴随着类似的请求Facebook-owner等公司元平台。
在俄罗斯“封锁我们的服务或任何其他国家将伤害乌克兰人民通过阻止自由,私人和安全通信,”乐天在声明中说,归因于其首席运营官肯Hyakuno。
推出,在2010年推出,并于2014年获得由电子商务公司乐天,是根深蒂固的乌克兰在该地区97%的智能手机用户使用该应用程序。
乐天的亿万富翁创始人兼首席执行官三木谷浩史表示他支持乌克兰,改变他的Twitter图片的蓝色和黄色旗帜,捐赠10亿日元(合870万美元)的政府援助。
其他科技公司采取行动包括字母表的谷歌暂时禁用一些特性在谷歌地图在乌克兰,俄罗斯军队进军。
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