YouTube Axes Two Channels Run By Oath Keepers

Axios reports:

YouTube has deactivated two channels linked to the Oath Keepers militia group whose members have been charged in relation to the January 6 Capitol riot, the company told Axios. The big picture: Social media platforms that were used to plan or promote the Capitol attack have moved with varying degrees of speed to bar the accounts involved.

The channels broke the platform’s creator responsibility guidelines, YouTube said. Those guidelines state that if “significant evidence presented in a court of law against a creator for a very egregious crime, we may terminate their channel if its YouTube comment is closely related to the crime,” said Ivy Choi, a YouTube spokesperson.

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— Ashley Gold (@ashleyrgold) January 20, 2022