YouTube removed nearly 11,000 channels and accounts linked to state propaganda campaigns from China, Russia and other ...

Google removed YouTube channels and other accounts linked to RT, the Russian state-controlled media outlet accused of paying ...

The full report, which you can find here, shows that Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) terminated almost 11,000 channels ...

YouTube just wiped out over 11,000 channels. Google says they were part of coordinated propaganda campaigns. Most were linked ...

The tech giant has removed over 30,000 accounts in 2025 so far, as part of a growing effort to curb state-sponsored ...

Google has removed close to 11,000 YouTube channels and other associated accounts in the second quarter of 2025 as part of ...

YouTube has taken down around 34,000 channels in 2025 that have been linked to foreign propaganda campaigns, with China and ...

An update from Google's Threat Analysis Group reveals that of the nearly 11,000 YouTube channels removed in Q2, more than ...

But YouTube, the most popular social media platform in Russia—used by more than 75% of the country’s internet users according to eMarketer—remains accessible, even though it is an even more ...

Meanwhile, Russia’s minister of digital development, Maksut Shadayev, ruled out a total ban on YouTube — one of Russia’s most popular online services.

YouTube remains the only major US-based social media platform available in Russia. It's become "indispensable" to everyday people, making a ban tricky. Journalists and dissidents are taking advantage.

As Moscow has suppressed independent, Russian-language media, YouTube has remained a bastion of online freedom of expression, giving opposition figures a platform to air their views. Now, YouTube ...