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Google got rid of 87 channels on account of their “coordinated influence operations linked to Russia.” Huntley defined, “The campaign was linked to the Internet Research Agency (IRA) and was sharing content in Russian that was supportive of the Wagner Group and Russia’s performance in the war in Ukraine.”
Further, Google additionally terminated 7 YouTube channels as a part of its investigation into coordinated affect operations connected to Russia. The marketing campaign was once connected to actors tied to Russian intelligence and was once sharing content material in Russian that was once supportive of the Russian executive, the battle in Ukraine, and the standard of day by day existence in Russia for the common Russian citizen.
Huntley stated that Google terminated 6,285 YouTube channels and 52 Blogger blogs on account of coordinated affect operations connected to China. “These channels and blogs mostly uploaded spammy content in Chinese about music, entertainment and lifestyle. A very small subset uploaded content in Chinese and English about China and US foreign affairs,” defined Huntley.
40 YouTube channels which were got rid of have been connected to Iran. “The campaign was sharing content in Persian, English, Hindi and Urdu that was supportive of the Iranian government and critical of protesters in Iran. We received leads from Graphika that supported us in this investigation,” stated Huntley.
Also, about 1,088 YouTube channels have been got rid of on account of their hyperlinks to Azerbaijan. The marketing campaign was once sharing content material in Azerbaijani that was once supportive of Azerbaijan and demanding of Armenia and critics of the Azerbaijani executive.