YouTube has blocked Russian new outlets Russia Today and Sputnik across Europe following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. It follows similar bans from Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok.
YouTube spokesperson Farshad Shadloo toldReutersthat YouTube will recommend Russian state-run media to users less often. Some of these channels — including RT — will also be restricted in Ukraine due to “a government request,” potentially in response to Ukraine digital minister Mykhailo Fedorov...
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Founded by former YouTube engineer Guillaume Chaslot, AlgoTransparencyfoundthat 236 out of 1,000 YouTube channels the site recommended were the RT video. YouTube disputes the claim, saying that it couldn’t reproduce the group’s results: The AlgoTransparency tool was created outside of YouTube...
Twitter, Facebook and Youtube logos are placed on a Russian flag in this illustration picture taken February 26, 2022. Dado Ruvic | Reuters Meta said it would block access to RT and Sputnik, two major Russian-controlled media companies, across the EU in an attempt to battle misinformation. ...
It announced restrictions on RT and Sputnik in 2022, in response to requests from European Union governments. These involved a bar on advertising and pushing the posts by Russian state media lower down their rankings. YouTube banned Russian state media in 2022. Read More About: Facebook, ...
Google, the video giant's parent company, didn't immediately respond to questions on how many YouTube channels would be blocked. RT's main channel on YouTube has more than 4.6 million subscribers, while Sputnik has over 300,000 subscribers. ...
The ban comes after the United States accused RT and employees of the state run agency of funneling $10 million through shell entities to covertly fund influence campaigns on social media channels including TikTok, Instagram, X, and YouTube, according to an unsealed indictment. “After car...
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A month earlier, Tsargrad, a Russian Orthodox television channel blocked by YouTube, said bailiffs had seized 1 billion roubles from Google. Google's subsidiary filed for bankruptcy in June after saying that authorities had seized its bank account, making it impossible to...