YouTube blocks Russian state-funded media channels worldwide
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YouTube has said that it is blocking Russian state-funded media channels globally "effective immediately” while citing a policy barring content that denies, minimises or trivialises well-documented violent events.
Announcing the move on Twitter, YouTube on Friday said that while the change was effective immediately, “we expect our systems to take time to ramp up”.
"Our Community Guidelines prohibit content denying, minimizing or trivializing well-documented violent events, and we remove content about Russia's invasion in Ukraine that violates this policy. In line with that, effective immediately, we are also blockingYouTubechannels associated with Russian state-funded media, globally,"YouTubesaid in a statement.
YouTube added that when people search for topics onRussiaand Ukraine, "our systems prominently surface authoritative news content in both our Top News and Breaking News shelves, and will continue to as needed."
The US-based video platform had previously blocked the channels, especially Russia Today and Sputnik, across Europe. It had also blocked YouTube ads and paused ad sales in Russia.
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Russian state media have called restrictions placed on them by distributors, which include app stores and other social media services, unjustified censorship.
“The blocking by YouTube is nothing but a new turn of an atrocious attack on one of the fundamental principles of a democratic society – that is freedom of the press,” Sputnik said in a statement on Friday.
YouTube declined to specify which and how many channels had been blocked globally, or whether they ever would be restored.
(With inputs from agencies)