YouTube Removes All Channels In Podcaster Scandal

The Washington Post reports:

YouTube took down several right-wing politics channels that had been linked with allegations from the Justice Department that Russian government employees were paying right-wing influencers in the United States to produce content.

The Google-owned video site “terminated” Tenet Media and four other channels run by right-wing media entrepreneur Lauren Chen [photo] as part of the company’s “ongoing efforts to combat coordinated influence operations,” a YouTube spokesperson said in an emailed statement Thursday.

YouTube was the main platform for videos produced by Tenet Media and is popular with conservative media personalities, including those who had worked with Tenet, such as Tim Pool, Benny Johnson and Dave Rubin.

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Conservative YouTube stars like Tim Pool, Dave Rubin, and Benny Johnson teamed up to make a “supergroup.”

Now they’re accused of unwittingly taking part in a Russian influence operation. Here’s my look at the brief rise and hard fall of Tenet Media. https://t.co/JmCaVwfzf7

— Will Sommer (@willsommer) September 5, 2024

The Kremlin paid for Tenet Media YouTube channel has now been deleted by YouTube. All of the creators that took payment from this Russian operation should be removed from the YouTube Partnership Program and the AdSense Program until the DoJ concludes their investigation. pic.twitter.com/VAGEparzfh

— Jake Broe (@RealJakeBroe) September 6, 2024