U.S. civil rights groups will organize an advertiser boycott against Alphabet’s YouTube if it does not remove President Donald Trump’s channel, the groups told Reuters.
Jim Steyer, one of the organizers of the “Stop Hate for Profit” campaign which led over 1,000 advertisers to boycott Facebook in July, said the groups are demanding YouTube take down Trump’s verified YouTube channel, which has 2.76 million subscribers.
YouTube said late on Tuesday that the company removed new content uploaded to President Donald Trump’s channel as it violated policies for inciting violence, and that it barring the uploading of fresh content for a minimum seven days, though the suspension could be extended.
YouTube described its action as a first “strike”. Under its policy a channel would be banned permanently if it incurs three strikes.
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Jim Steyer, one of the organizers of the “Stop Hate for Profit” campaign which led over 1,000 advertisers to boycott Facebook in July, said the groups are demanding YouTube take down Trump’s verified YouTube channel, which has 2.76 million subscribers. YouTube said late on Tuesday that the company removed new content uploaded to President Donald Trump’s channel as it violated policies for inciting violence, and that it barring the uploading of fresh content for a minimum seven days, though the suspension could be extended. YouTube described its action as a first “strike”. Under its policy a channel would be banned permanently if it incurs three strikes. YouTube said late on Tuesday that the company removed new content uploaded to President Donald Trump’s channel as it violated policies for inciting violence, and that it barring the uploading of fresh content for a minimum seven days, though the suspension could be extended. YouTube described its action as a first “strike”. Under its policy a channel would be banned permanently if it incurs three strikes. remove Trump’s YouTube remove Trump’s YouTube
