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TEHRAN, October 4 - Google has reportedly removed the RT broadcaster from the package of premium YouTube video inventory, sold by the company to advertisers.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC)- Google has reportedly removed the RT broadcaster from the package of premium YouTube video inventory, sold by the company to advertisers.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The Google company, which is a part of the Alphabet Inc., removed the RT broadcaster from Google Preferred, the package of premium YouTube video inventory, sold by the company to advertisers, according to media reports.
The decision was made amid the US Congress’ investigation into the influenceof Russian-based digital platforms on the 2016 US presidential election, the Bloomberg news agency reported citing a Google spokeswoman.
The investigation reportedly focused on the YouTube video hosting service as it is actively used by digital platforms such as RT, which, according to the US Congress, are close to the Russian government.
RT deputy chief editor Kirill Karnovich-Valua told Sputnik that the broadcaster was not aware of Google's decision.
In September, the US Department of Justice asked a contractor of the RT in the United States to register under Foreign Agents Registration Act, while in June, US congressmen introduced a Foreign Agents Registration Modernization and Enforcement Act bill. The latter would provide the Justice Department with increased investigative authority to identify and prosecute entities that allegedly seek to unlawfully influence the US political process.
On Sunday, RT Editor-in-Chief Margarita Simonyan said that in the worst case scenario the broadcaster may cease its activities in the United States due to the increasing pressure from the country's authorities. Later in the day, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that Moscow may take retaliatory measures if Washington continues to put pressure on the Russian media working in the United States.
Source:Sputnik
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