TikTok, one of the world’s biggest video-sharing sites, is shutting down in Russia

Tiktok is suspending new video uploads and livestreams on its app in Russia. Citing the country’s newly-passed’fake news’ law as the reason for the change.

It punishes people with fines or up to 15 years behind bars for spreading’false information’ about Russia’s military. Russia has put a block on Facebook, restricted access to Twitter, and has barred access to BBC news sites.

Russian communications agency Roskomnadzor called out TikTok for removing state-backed content from its platform. Tiktok later announced plans to add labels to’some’ state-controlled media.