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Womp Womp! YouTube Deletes RT's German YouTube Channels Over COVID Disinformation
Video-sharing platform YouTube deleted Russian state-backed broadcaster RT's German-language channels on Tuesday, saying it had violated its COVID misinformation policy.
"YouTube has always had clear community guidelines that outline what is allowed on the platform," a YouTube spokesperson told DW. Initially RT's German channel was issued a strike for uploading content that breached YouTube's COVID misinformation policy, resulting in a week-long posting ban.
RT then used a second channel, "Der Fehlende Part," — which translates to "the missing part" in German — to evade the suspension.
RT DE [the name for RT in Germany] "tried to circumvent the enforcement by using another channel, and as a result both channels were terminated for breaking YouTube Terms of Service," the spokesperson said.
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https://www.dw.com/en/youtube-deletes-rts-german-youtube-channels-after-covid-misinformation-strike/a-59343394