Youtube takes action against fake news about the Ukraine war. Channels funded by the Russian state are also blocked.
San Mateo – The Google video service Youtube from the USA* immediately blocks channels in which Russia’s attack on Ukraine* is denied. “Our community guidelines prohibit content that denies, downplays or trivializes well-documented violent events,” said a YouTube spokesman for the German Press Agency.
Ukraine War: Youtube Blocks Channels Denying Russia Attack
Therefore, remove content about the Ukraine conflict* and the Russian invasion of Ukraine that violates these guidelines. “In line with this, we are now also blocking YouTube channels associated with Russian state-funded media – worldwide.”
In the state media of Russia*, the Ukraine war* and invasion is usually described as a peacekeeping or liberation operation. In addition, it is repeatedly claimed that war victims are in fact only actors in the crisis. This propaganda will now be banned from YouTube. YouTube is used extensively by people in Russia, while Facebook only plays a minor role there.
Youtube blocks false news about the Ukraine war – and media financed by Russia
At the same time, YouTube pointed out exceptions. You can allow content that contains hate speech if the content has an educational character or fulfills a documentary, scientific or artistic purpose. But this is not a free pass for the spread of hate speech. The educational context must appear in the images or in the sound of the video itself. Youtube had previously blocked the channels of the Russian state broadcasters RT and Sputnik worldwide. The government in Moscow criticized this step as censorship. The broadcaster is also accused of having spread fake news about the corona virus *. (dpa/AFP) *fr.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA.
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