European satellite operator Eutelsat 9В has removed the 24-hour German-language RT DE channel from its platform under pressure from Berlin. RT has called the move illegal. German media regulator MABB (Medienanstalt Berlin-Brandenburg) has forced European satellite service Eutelsat 9B to remove the broadcast of RT’s new Moscow-based German-language channel RT DE from its platform on […]
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YouTube deletes RT’s German language channel showing newly launched 24/7 TV broadcast
RT’s auf Sendung channel was removed from YouTube on Thursday, just hours after RT DE launched a round-the-clock TV broadcast in Germany. The much anticipated German-language channel had gone on air, with RT’s auf Sendung page set up on YouTube to allow the internet audience to watch it live. However, only five hours later the […]
Berlin rejects Moscow’s accusation of involvement in YouTube ban of RT’s German-language channels
The German government had nothing to do with YouTube’s decision to ban RT’s German-language channels, Berlin has said, rejecting Moscow’s allegations to the contrary. Moscow claimed that the German government gave its tacit or open approval to the decision by the US tech giant to delete two channels of RT DE, RT’s Berlin-based German-language news […]
YouTube deletes 2 channels of RT’s sister project RT DE with 600K subscribers over alleged community guidelines violation
YouTube has permanently deleted two of RT’s German-language channels, the news outlet has announced. RT DE was listed among top News & Politics channels on the social media platform, with hundreds of millions of views. The Google-owned video service “has deleted the RT DE channel, as well as our second channel DFP [Der Fehlende Part, […]
RT’s digital content project Redfish laments ‘censorship’ after Facebook blocks it on Instagram without proper explanation
The popular Instagram account of the RT-affiliated Redfish digital-content project has been apparently deactivated, with Facebook, which owns the platform, so far being reluctant to explain its reasoning for the harsh move. Users who have tried to access Redfish on Instagram Thursday have been met with a short notification that reads “Sorry, this page isn’t […]