Axios reports:
YouTube on Friday announced that it is blocking access worldwide to channels associated with Russian state-funded media. “This change is effective immediately, and we expect our systems to take time to ramp up,” YouTube wrote in a statement.
“Our Community Guidelines prohibit content denying, minimizing or trivializing well-documented violent events. We are now removing content about Russia’s invasion in Ukraine that violates this policy,” YouTube said. The company previously paused YouTube ads in Russia.
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NEW: YouTube blocks global access to Russian state-funded media channelshttps://t.co/d93jnLkRrh
— Axios (@axios) March 11, 2022
YouTube Suspends All Monetization in Russia, Blocks Kremlin-Backed Channels Worldwide https://t.co/K8mGx39Grd
— Variety (@Variety) March 11, 2022
YouTube says it’s blocking Russian state-funded media channels worldwide, effective immediately. That means Russia Today (RT) broadcasts are literally just for Russia, today https://t.co/rxsI2l9U7q https://t.co/5mnnLaDtEb pic.twitter.com/xFvOw4q06V
— Tom Warren (@tomwarren) March 11, 2022