r/technology • u/Regular_Eggplant_248 • Jul 21 '25

Social Media YouTube wipes out thousands of propaganda channels linked to China, Russia, others

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/21/youtube-channels-propaganda-china-russia.html
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u/MissLeaP Jul 22 '25

When will they wipe out all those right-wing propaganda channels, though? I'm far more worried about those channels that casually promote hateful content because it works well with their shitty algorithm than china or russia propaganda channels

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u/MichaelMeier112 Jul 22 '25

They did remove a few thousands of Russian linked account so many of those are gone

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u/MissLeaP Jul 22 '25

Many more of those are regular private channels as well, though

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u/MichaelMeier112 Jul 22 '25

Yes, but weren’t a ton of those funded by the Russians, like Tenet Media a few years ago. Maybe similars were removed?