YouTube blocks Russian-funded media channels around the world

YouTube unveiled Friday that it has expanded its global blocking of Russia-linked media channels, after initially banning them only in Europe due to Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.

The world’s most used streaming service , which is owned by Google, said Russia’s invasion of Ukraine now falls under its violent events policy and material that does not meet standards will be removed.

YouTube’s guidelines “prohibit content that denies, downplays, or trivializes well-documented violent events, and we remove content about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine that violates this policy,” the platform cited.

YouTube spokesman Farshad Shadloo explained that the blocking of Russian media is in line with that policy.