According to the platform's management, it is an effective tool in the information war and helps to objectively cover events in Ukraine for Russians.
Popular video hosting YouTube will continue to operate in the Russian Federation. This was announced by CEO Susan Wodzicki during a speech at At the World Economic Forum in Davos.
A YouTube spokeswoman explained the decision by saying that video hosting plays a significant role in covering the events of Ukraine's war against Russia. According to Vodzhytsky, Russians should also receive objective news about events on the front and in the occupied territories.
“We see in this conflict that information really plays an important role. This is the reason why we are still working in Russia. We believe that it is important to deliver independent news to Russia, “said the company's CEO.
We will remind that earlier YouTube blocked a number of propaganda resources of the Russian Federation , including channels of the pro-Kremlin journalist Vladimir Solovyov, the channels connected with the Ministry of Defense and the Russian Foreign Ministry, as well as a number of local state media channels such as Russia Today and Sputnik. In addition, due to violations of the rules of the service about 9 thousand channels were deleted , which are somehow connected with the war of Ukraine against Russia. Most of them were involved in promoting Kremlin narratives.
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Earlier it was reported that Russia misappropriated Google's property in Moscow for half a billion rubles through Gazprom's closed YouTube channel.
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