The press service of the deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Nina Ostanina said that Google blocked the personal account of the parliamentarian and also deleted the YouTube channel linked to it due to previous sanctions. This has been reported DEA News”.
Google’s account suspension notice states that it “has been disabled in accordance with company export restriction and enforcement policies and cannot be restored.”
Formerly YouTube video hosting blocked Broadcasts of the Radio Radonezh channel for “discriminatory statements”.
According to the report, YouTube reported that the reason for blocking Radonezh was “discriminatory statements” in programs for Russia’s special military operation in Ukraine.
Before that, Roskomnadzor discussed To the Google leadership who wanted to restore access to the YouTube channel of the first Russian National TV Channel. The federal service stressed that such blocking of Russian media “violates the fundamental principles of the free flow of information and unhindered access to it.”