Google has removed thousands of YouTube channels “linked to” Brazil, Russia, and China as part of its investigation into “coordinated influence operations,” the tech giant’s Threat Analysis Group has said.
In its Dec. 1 bulletin, Google said it had terminated the accounts on its platforms in the fourth quarter of this year.
In total, the California-headquartered company removed 76 YouTube channels as part of its probe into “coordinated influence operations linked to Brazil.”
The company said this included content in Brazilian Portuguese that was supportive of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who is currently contesting the results of the October election after which his left-wing opponent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was named the winner….