YouTube Closes 210 Accounts Tied to Hong Kong Influence Campaign
Demonstrators hold signs as they gather at terminal 2 of the Hong Kong International Airport during a protest on Aug. 13.
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Google said it disabled 210 YouTube channels involved in “coordinate influence operations” around the Hong Kong protests, following similar measures earlier this week by social media companies Facebook Inc. and Twitter Inc.
The Alphabet Inc. unit didn’t specify which channels were shut down in Thursday’s blog post announcing the decision. But the post said the company discovered accounts “consistent with recent observations and actions related to China” from Facebook and Twitter.