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| Youtube removes German Russia Today channel |
| 2021-09-29 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [RT] RT editor-in-chief Margarita Simonyan commented on the deletion of YouTube video hosting without the possibility of restoring two German RT channels - RT DE and Der Fehlende Part (DFP). Simonyan on the removal of the YouTube channel RT DE: this is a media war declared by Germany to Russia “This is a real media war declared by the state of Germany against the state of Russia. I really expect that my native state, without delay, will ban Deutsche Welle and other German media in Russia, as well as close the offices of ARD and ZDF. I am already silent about the sanctions against YouTube itself. At least out of self-respect, we must do this, ” she wrote on the Telegram channel. Earlier, the head of RT DE and Ruptly Dinara Toktosunova said that YouTube had deleted RT DE and DFP without the right to restore . RT DE is in fourth place on YouTube among German-language media in the News and Politics category with 21.3 million views in June, according to the platform's counter. Russian military Journalist Boris Rozhin weighs in: And again, hello from the democratic censorship. YouTube stupidly demolished two RT channels broadcasting to Germany without the possibility of their restoration. One of them was the 4th most popular Internet news channel in Germany. Simonyan has already urged to ban Deutsche Welle and other German media outlets in Russia, as well as close ARD and ZDF offices, as well as apply sanctions to YouTube. She called all this a media war, which Germany declared to Russia. Another step towards the inevitable blocking of YouTube in Russia in the medium or long term, which is constrained by the lack of sane alternatives rather than the lack of technical capabilities or the desire to do so. The media war has been in full swing for a long time, and Russia, as usual, is not ready. The need to create an alternative was discussed 10 years ago. So it is more likely that the main response will fly to the German media in Russia. Although here, in my opinion, it is more appropriate to hit the American media, since YouTube is controlled by the United States. Without a response, the Russian Federation will find itself in the position of France whining that it is not respected. Having swallowed the blocking of Anna News, News Front, South Front, they naturally received periodic or permanent blocking of already larger state channels. In the modern world, the weak are beaten, despite all the complaints about the sport lotto. In this case, the beat is informational. Russian Foreign ministry says will seek retaliatory measures against YouTube, German media [TASS] The Russian Foreign Ministry said it would request Russian governmental agencies to take retaliatory measures against YouTube and German media outlets following the video hosting platform’s decision to block German-language projects of Russia’s RT media holding. "Considering the nature of the incident, which is fully in line with the logic of the information warfare unleashed against Russia, taking retaliatory symmetrical measures against the German media in Russia would seem not just an appropriate, but also a necessary thing to do, especially taking into account that [the German media] were caught interfering into our country’s domestic affairs on several occasions in the past," the ministry said in a statement on Tuesday. "Considering that multiple requests for returning to compliance with international obligations to protect media freedoms and the freedom of speech were ignored by the German side, we view such measures as the only possible way to encourage our partners to engage in a constructive and meaningful dialogue about this unacceptable situation." "Having considered an RT request for protection against discrimination, it was resolved to file a request to relevant agencies of the Russian Federation with a proposal to draft and enforce retaliatory measures against YouTube and the German media," the statement continues. The ministry described the move as an "act of unprecedented informational aggression" by the YouTube video hosting platform, committed with connivance or even at the behest of the German authorities. German-language projects of Russia’s RT media holding were blocked by YouTube in an attempt to silence media sources that German officials find inconvenient, the Russian Foreign Ministry added. "The goal of this aggression against the Russian media holding’s projects is evident: to silence information sources that go beyond the media agenda that German officials find convenient," it said. "Accounts of two media operators of the RT Group - RT DE and Der Fehlende Part - have been removed without the possibility of being restored. The internet giant’s attempt to link such outrageous actions with some abstract ‘violations of the community’s internal rules’ in a bid to justify this evident act of censorship and suppression of the freedom of expression cannot be scrutinized and will not be scrutinized," the ministry continued. "There can be no doubts that such unlawful actions against a media project, ranked fourth in the "News and Politics" subsection of the German-language media popularity rating, were taken by YouTube with open and covert support of the German authorities and local media," the statement says. According to the document, the German government and media engaged in "perennial bullying" of correspondents of Russian broadcasters, including "blocking of bank accounts, public slander and so forth." The Russian Foreign Ministry stressed that as a result of YouTube’s actions, about 700,000 subscribers of the above-mentioned projects lost the opportunity to receive information from the source of their choice. YouTube deleted two RT German-speaking channels without an option to bring them back, RT editor-in-chief Margarita Simonyan said on Tuesday. Later in the day, the Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media (Roskomnadzor) sent a letter to Google, demanding to remove all restrictions from RT DE and DFP channels and explain the reasons for their imposition, the agency’s press office said. |
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