The tech large terminated 5,197 YouTube channels and 17 Blogger blogs as a part of its ongoing investigation into coordinated affect operations linked to China.
“These channels and blogs mostly uploaded spammy content in Chinese about music, entertainment, and lifestyle. A very small subset uploaded content in Chinese and English about China and US foreign affairs,” the corporate mentioned in a weblog publish.
Google additionally terminated 718 YouTube channels as a part of its investigation into coordinated affect operations linked to Russia.
“The campaign was linked to the Internet Research Agency (IRA) and was sharing content in Russian that was supportive of Russia and Russian President Vladimir Putin and critical of Ukraine and the West,” mentioned the corporate.
It terminated 76 YouTube channels in Brazil the place the marketing campaign was sharing content material in Brazilian Portuguese that was supportive of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro.
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“We terminated 8 YouTube channels and blocked 2 domains from eligibility to seem on Google News surfaces and Discover as a part of our investigation into coordinated affect operations linked to Russia,” mentioned Google.
It additionally terminated 27 YouTube channels in Russia for sharing content material that was supportive of Russia and important of Western Europe and Ukraine, other than knocking down 30 YouTube channels and 5 AdSense accounts linked to a Russian consulting agency.