Silhouette of mobile user is seen next to a screen projection of the YouTube logo in this picture illustration taken March 28, 2018. Photo: Reuters
Silhouette of mobile user is seen next to a screen projection of the YouTube logo in this picture illustration taken March 28, 2018. Photo: Reuters
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Google’s YouTube could be ensnared in sanctions on pro-Russia figures who run widely-viewed channels with ads

  • YouTube is under pressure to remove or cut ties with prolific pro-Russia channels, which have racked up tens of billions of views, by one estimate
  • The video platform has argued that it also hosts content critical of the Russian government and that it holds free speech as a “core value”

Silhouette of mobile user is seen next to a screen projection of the YouTube logo in this picture illustration taken March 28, 2018. Photo: Reuters
Silhouette of mobile user is seen next to a screen projection of the YouTube logo in this picture illustration taken March 28, 2018. Photo: Reuters
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