Google has removed nearly 11,000 YouTube channels tied to state-run propaganda campaigns for China, Russia, and other nations over the past few months.
The company announced in a July 21 statement that in the second quarter of 2025, it removed thousands of YouTube channels, Google Ads accounts, and a Blogger blog linked to those nations.
The removals were part of the work done by the Google Threat Analysis Group (TAG) to counter disinformation campaigns.
In the first quarter of 2025, Google removed more than 23,000 YouTube channels and a number of other Google-related assets, a significant portion of which were connected to China and Russia.
More than 7,700 of the channels and other assets removed in the second quarter were linked to China, and the disinformation campaigns primarily shared content supporting the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in Chinese and English….
Google Removes Nearly 11,000 YouTube Channels Linked to China, Russia, Other Nations
