Google deletes 2,500 China-linked YouTube channels over disinformation

Google deletes 2,500 China-linked YouTube channels. Photo/Courtesy

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.”