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BumRushDaShow

(137,634 posts) Fri Sep 6, 2024, 07:48 PM Sep 6

YouTube removes right-wing media company's channels after indictment alleges Russian funding

Source: USA Today

Published 1:48 p.m. ET Sept. 6, 2024

YouTube terminated several right-wing channels linked to accusations made by federal authorities who allege the right-wing media company that owned the channels was being bankrolled by the Russian government to create divisive and politically-motivated content.

Following a Justice Department indictment and careful review, the Google-owned video platform announced the termination of "the Tenet Media channel and four channels operated by its owner Lauren Chen as part of our ongoing efforts to combat coordinated influence operations," a YouTube spokesperson told USA TODAY in an emailed statement Friday.

YouTube's decision comes after the unsealing of an indictment Wednesday accusing Russian nationals Kostiantyn Kalashnikov, 31, also known as Kostya, and Elena Afanasyeva, 27, also known as Lena, of conspiracy to violate the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) and conspiracy to commit money laundering.

“The Justice Department has charged two employees of RT, a Russian state-controlled media outlet, in a $10 million scheme to create and distribute content to U.S. audiences with hidden Russian government messaging,” Attorney General Merrick B. Garland said in a Justice Department news release. “The Justice Department will not tolerate attempts by an authoritarian regime to exploit our country’s free exchange of ideas in order to covertly further its own propaganda efforts, and our investigation into this matter remains ongoing.”

Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2024/09/06/tenet-media-youtube/75102665007/

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YouTube removes right-wing media company's channels after indictment alleges Russian funding (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Sep 6 OP

Oddly, most of it is pro-Republican. Wonder why? OAITW r.2.0 Sep 6 #1

Apparently it takes an indictment CanonRay Sep 6 #2

Of course. Google is the last tech company to want to be charged as an accessory after the fact ancianita Sep 6 #4

make the money first et tu Sep 6 #3

It's all about the legally made money. Google runs a global platform. It doesn't act like judge & jury re ancianita Sep 6 #5

And then a slap on the wrist fine ArkansasDemocrat1 Sep 7 #9

Beginning to look a lot like conservative equals Republican equals Russian. Hermit-The-Prog Sep 6 #6

Our country won't allow it? Has Garland never been on social media? travelingthrulife Sep 7 #7

Unfortunately, there is one pesky thing that keeps thwarting the efforts BumRushDaShow Sep 7 #8

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OAITW r.2.0

(27,011 posts)

1. Oddly, most of it is pro-Republican. Wonder why?

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Fri Sep 6, 2024, 07:54 PM

Sep 6

CanonRay

(14,685 posts)

2. Apparently it takes an indictment

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Fri Sep 6, 2024, 08:03 PM

Sep 6

to get Utube to take this shit down

ancianita

(37,657 posts)

4. Of course. Google is the last tech company to want to be charged as an accessory after the fact

Reply to CanonRay (Reply #2)

Fri Sep 6, 2024, 10:12 PM

Sep 6

when Garland literally says, “The Justice Department will not tolerate attempts by an authoritarian regime to exploit our country’s free exchange of ideas in order to covertly further its own propaganda efforts, and our investigation into this matter remains ongoing.”

et tu

(1,674 posts)

3. make the money first

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Fri Sep 6, 2024, 08:45 PM

Sep 6

then do something half near to righteous~
like a lot of thinking on the right, better to ask forgiveness
than to ask for permission type of twisted thinking.

ancianita

(37,657 posts)

5. It's all about the legally made money. Google runs a global platform. It doesn't act like judge & jury re

Reply to et tu (Reply #3)

Fri Sep 6, 2024, 10:20 PM

Sep 6

American election political discourse. Google also is an American company that rightly leaves the job to Main Justice, the world's largest law firm, to determine what laws are broken and endanger election discourse. It's as simple as taking down foreign election interference, and so in the long run is worth more to Google than money.

ArkansasDemocrat1

(2,584 posts)

9. And then a slap on the wrist fine

Reply to et tu (Reply #3)

Sat Sep 7, 2024, 11:52 AM

Sep 7

It's the American Way. So exceptional.

Hermit-The-Prog

(36,144 posts)

6. Beginning to look a lot like conservative equals Republican equals Russian.

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Fri Sep 6, 2024, 10:25 PM

Sep 6

travelingthrulife

(275 posts)

7. Our country won't allow it? Has Garland never been on social media?

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sat Sep 7, 2024, 09:57 AM

Sep 7

n/t

BumRushDaShow

(137,634 posts)

8. Unfortunately, there is one pesky thing that keeps thwarting the efforts

Reply to travelingthrulife (Reply #7)

Sat Sep 7, 2024, 10:46 AM

Sep 7

First Amendment

Amendment I

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/first_amendment

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