By: Real America News Updated 26 Feb 2022, 15: 55 pm EST
The sanctions against Russia for the military operation it is carrying out in Ukraine continue. This Saturday, YouTube banned the Russian outlet RT from monetizing ads on its platform.
Through a statement, YouTube confirmed the restriction measure against RT, a medium that has been linked to the Russian government for spreading propaganda, after the military actions in Ukraine and the advance towards the capital Kiev.
This restriction measure is added to the sanction that was announced the day before Meta banned Russian state media from monetizing their content or generating revenue through the services of its Facebook platform.
During the week, the United States government He also announced economic sanctions against Russia, to which the United Kingdom later joined, which extended them to the person of President Vladimir Putin and Sergey Lavrov, the Russian Foreign Minister. .
In the announcement on the RT medium, l The video platform owned by Alphabet Inc. added that other media linked to the government headed by President Putin also included in the restriction, although it did not specify which ones.
YouTube “is stopping the ability of various channels to monetize on YouTube , including several Russian channels affiliated with recent sanctions”, the platform quoted in a statement picked up by Reuters.
In addition to the ban to monetize, the big tech also established that sanctioned news channels will appear less frequently in user recommendations , clarified the YouTube spokesman, Farshad Shadloo.
In addition to the measure, Shadloo added that both RT and other news channels Russians will no longer be able to be seen in Ukraine, as part of a request from the Kiev government in the context of the defense of the cap Ukrainian ital before the Russian military advance.
According to Reuters, Ukraine’s Digital Minister, Mykhailo Fedorov, asked YouTube to be blocked “Russian propaganda” channels such as Russia 24, TASS and RIA Novosti.
Activity Russian media digital left estimated revenues between $7 and $54 million in 2018, through a series of 26 YouTube channels that were backed by the Russian government, Reuters estimated in a cable.
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