How did global technology companies punish Russia after the invasion of Ukraine?

Global technology companies, headed by the giant American companies, punished Russia or users and companies in Russia, after the invasion of Ukraine earlier last week, as part of the sanctions imposed by the United States and European countries on Russia, in addition to the Ukrainian government's pressure on major companies throughMinister of Digital Transformation and Deputy Prime Minister in Ukraine.

These are the most prominent sanctions from global technology companies on Russia after the invasion of Ukraine:

The decisions of global technology companies did not depend to punish Russia or companies and Russian users, but also witnessed great support for Ukrainian companies and citizens.

- American billionaire Illon Musk said that the Starlink space internet service provided by his company, SpaceX, is now available in Ukraine, and that the company is working to send more receptions, after the Internet was damaged as a result of the Russian invasion, after which the Minister of Digital Transformation and the Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister published a pictureWafa Elon Musk asserts his pledge after the arrival of Starlink receptions to Ukraine.

- One of the strongest decisions on technology companies to punish Russia was the position of Apple - the American technology giant - where it officially announced the suspension of the sale of its products and services inside Russia, after Tim Cook announced his sympathy for citizens in Ukraine and the company and employees donate several million dollars to support them,The Ukrainian Minister of Digital Transformation also demanded Tim Cook before issuing the decision to stop the services of the company in Russia and stop the application store, but the company only banned the sale of its products only.

- Apple has also imposed restrictions on the use of its payment service through the iPhone Pay in Russia according to the sanctions, and some Russian news applications were withdrawn from its applications store, which resulted in great confusion in the use of public transportation in Russia such as the subway after a stopThe ability to pay through the phone, as Google also stopped its Google Pay payment service in Russia.

- Ukraine has obtained donations of more than $ 15 million of cryptocurrencies and NFT symbols, since Russia invaded the country on February 24, according to Elliptic, and the official account of the Ukraine state on Twitter has announced his acceptance of donations with Bitcoin Witar currencies.

- Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and Tik Talk blocked Russia today's RT channel in Europe, and prevented them from advertising or achieving income through their platforms, after the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

- Amazon announced donations of $ 10 million for charitable institutions that support citizens in Ukraine, and said that it will provide a button to donate visitors to its store in the United States, the United Kingdom and Poland, and that it will give up the payment fees for payments for these donations.

- SAP has suspended its commercial business in Russia in commitment to economic sanctions after the invasion of Ukraine.

Spotify also closed its office in Russia in response to the invasion of Ukraine.

- Oracle said it has already stopped all its work in Russia, in response to the request of the Minister of Digital Transformation and the Deputy Prime Minister in Ukraine.

- The EA company, which develops a group of the most famous games such as the FIFA computer game and gaming devices such as PS5 and Xbox Series X and other sales of its games in Russia and Belarus.

- The major technology companies such as Apple, Meta, Microsoft, Twitter and various social networks have surrounded the Russian media associated with the government such as RT, as they blocked them in European countries or deleted their application from application stores, as it prevented them from advertising or achieving any revenues from its platforms.

- Facebook also decided not to allow advertisers in Russia to create advertisements anywhere around the world through its platforms, which is the same decision that Google also made, after which.

Paypal also stopped all its services in Russia, and it is one of the leading companies in paying and transferring money around the world.

- Google announced the disruption of some of the advantages of its service Google Maps in Ukraine after consultations with the local authorities, including seeing direct information about the traffic status and the extent of the congestion of places, which is the same decision that Apple also made through its service to Apple Maps, and even SnapChat through Snap Map feature.

- The South Korean company Samsung also decided to charge its new products (such as Galaxy S2 Ultra) to Russia after the invasion of Ukraine.

Japanese Nintendo prevented the players in Russia from buying digital games.

- Meta - Facebook previously - said that it has established a special operations center on the Russian -Ukrainian war, which includes experts from all the company’s sections, including speakers of Russian and Ukrainian languages, with the aim of monitoring content and problems related to the war around the clock.

- The Reddit communication site prohibits all links from Russia today and Sputnik on the pretext of supporting Ukraine after the Russian invasion.

Meta also said that it provided more safety features for Facebook users in Ukraine, including the ability to prevent others from displaying their personal files and identifying and searching for friends' lists, in addition to more tools for Facebook Messenger.

Russia has responded to these sanctions from the major technology companies by blocking access to Facebook and Twitter.