YouTube said Saturday that it will temporarily halt the ability of a number of Russian channels, including state-sponsored RT, to monetize their content on the platform.
Highlights
- YouTube said it will temporarily halt the ability of a number of Russian channels, including state-sponsored RT, to monetize their content on the platform.
- It will also be “significantly limiting” recommendations to those channels.
- The company said the channels are affiliated with recent sanctions, and that it has restricted access to RT and other channels in Ukraine in response to a request from that country’s government.
- In 2017, the US Justice Department forced RT’s American arm to " register as a foreign agent" in the U.S.
- Intelligence researchers have said RT “conducts strategic messaging for [the] Russian government” in addition to other Russian channels.