Silicon Valley execs are increasingly being called-upon to take a stance in Russia’s war with Ukraine
(Picture: Evening Standard)Yesterday morning, as Muscovites flowed into Metro stations across the city at rush hour, some appeared to find themselves stopped at the turnstiles. Queues formed; financial sanctions meant that the customers of many Russian banks could no longer use Google and Apple Pay, and some could no longer get through the barriers.
This was not the only thing they’d have noticed when they woke up. Facebook, used by some 70 million Russians, was loading very slowly, or not at all. And anyone hoping to purchase a new iPhone would find themselves disappointed: Apple had suspended sales in the country.
