British media regulator says it does not consider RT ‘to be fit and proper to hold a UK licence’

Britain’s media regulator, Ofcom, has revoked Russian-backed television channel RT’s licence to broadcast in the UK with immediate effect.

“We do not consider RT to be fit and proper to hold a UK licence and cannot be satisfied that it can be a responsible broadcaster,” Ofcom said on Friday on Twitter.

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