YouTube blocks new RT Deutsch channel on German-language TV broadcast launch day

YouTube blocked new channel RT Deutsch. This happened on the day of the launch of the German-language television broadcast. The channel was broadcasting live.

As noted by TASS, the channel said that they were looking into the reason for the blocking.

Earlier today, RT head Margarita Simonyan announced about the launch of the channel: “Which channel we launch, every time like the first time with me. Each time the feeling that we are flying into space, the countdown begins: ten, nine, eight … And this is in different languages ​​- this time in German. This is directly indescribable, I am incredibly grateful to the guys who are in a pandemic, in conditions of unprecedented pressure on us … This really has not happened with any channel, not in any country – nowhere. “

We will remind, earlier Google removed two YouTube-channels Russia Today – RT DE and Der Fehlende Part (DFP). This happened after the Russian TV channel violated the terms of use of the video hosting.

“YouTube has clear community guidelines outlining what is allowed on the platform. A warning has been issued by RT DE for uploading content that violates our COVID-19 false medical information policy. This led to the suspension of their rights to publish the video, ” explained Interfax in the press service of Google.

They added that the owners of the RT DE channel “tried to bypass the restrictions by using another channel.” As a result, both channels were blocked for violating YouTube’s terms of service.

Prior to this, RT reported blocking two of its channels without the possibility of recovery. Before that, YouTube blocked four RT DE videos about COVID-19, and then banned the channel from posting new videos for a week.