Google、中国とリンクしたYouTubeのチャンネルを2,500件削除

【要約】
・中国が工作していたチャンネルは非政治的コンテンツとして投稿していたが、実際は政治的なステマを行っていた
・2500チャンネル削除は4～6月に行われた
・削除されたチャンネルは事実と異なる偽情報を流し世論工作していた
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Google deletes 2,500 China-linked YouTube channels over disinformation
Move comes amid rising US-China tensions over TikTok and WeChat apps that White House says are ‘significant threats’

2020/8/6

Google says it has deleted more than 2,500 YouTube channels tied to China as part of its effort to weed out disinformation on the video-sharing platform.
The Alphabet-owned company said the channels were removed between April and June “as part of our ongoing investigation into coordinated influence operations linked to China.“
The channels generally posted “spammy, non-political content,” but a small subset touched on politics, the company said in a quarterly bulletin on disinformation operations.
The report comes as tensions between the US and China over technology and social media rise ahead of the US general election.

YouTube channels with links to China faces deletion by Google. Image Source: 10TV

ソース：英ガーディアン紙（英語）
“Google deletes 2,500 China-linked YouTube channels over disinformation” 2020/8/6
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/aug/06/google-deletes-2500-china-linked-youtube-channels-over-disinformation