The
war to drive Russia and the alt media off the internet completely has
begun in earnest. The first salvo fired by Google/Youtube
--Mark
Sleboda.
Google Yanks Russia Today From Premium YouTube Program
3
October, 2017
Alphabet
Inc.’s
Google recently removed Russia Today from a package of premium
YouTube video inventory that the company sells to advertisers, a
spokeswoman said on Tuesday.
The
decision comes amid a Congressional investigation into the ways
Russian actors used digital platforms to influence the U.S. election.
Google has been called to testify to both the Senate and House
Intelligence Committees, along with Facebook Inc. and Twitter Inc.
YouTube
is a focus of
the inquiries, and Congressional investigators have eyed the
role of Russia Today, or RT, and other networks that U.S.
intelligence agencies have identified as close to the Russian
government.
Previously,
Google had packed the channel -- which has more than two million
subscribers on YouTube -- as part of its premium inventory of popular
channels for marketers, called Google Preferred. The Google
spokeswoman said that after a recent update the channel was removed.
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