YouTube initially declined to tell talkRADIO or the public why it had made the decision to briefly suspend the channelYouTube briefly suspended the station talkRADIO after it said the broadcaster had breached its guidelines on the coverage of Covid-19. Users trying to watch livestreamed shows from talkRADIO on YouTube were presented with a blank page and a notice saying the account had been terminated for “violating guidelines”. YouTube initially declined to tell talkRADIO or the public why it had made the decision to remove the London-based channel. Its temporary ban and initial lack of explanation provoked criticism by civil liberties groups, with one calling it “chilling”. A YouTube spokeswoman said: “TalkRADIO’s YouTube

Source: The Times January 06, 2021 00:00 UTC