YouTube has reinstated British National Radio Station talkRadio’s channel just hours after it was removed, following “further review” by the video platform. Youtube suspended the radio station’s page with reports suggesting the station may have been linked to rules around Covid-19 misinformation which is breaching the guidelines. Later on Tuesday, YouTube said, “TalkRadio’s YouTube channel was briefly suspended, but upon further review, has now been reinstated".
YouTube spokesperson said, “We quickly remove flagged content that violate our community guidelines, including Covid-19 content that explicitly contradicts expert consensus from local health authorities or the World Health Organisation. We make exceptions for material posted with an educational, documentary, scientific or artistic purpose, as was deemed in this case". YouTube is practising a three-strike system, under which if a channel receives three strikes for posting content which is found to breach the site’s rules within a 90-day period, concerned channel is permanently removed.
However, YouTube has not confirmed if talkRadio had any strikes against its channel before the suspension incident. The Radio Channel said it had not been notified why its account had been removed from YouTube. It added, the radio channel felt YouTube was “making decisions about which opinions the public are allowed to hear”. YouTube has already taken action against other users for rule breaches linked to coronavirus misinformation.
British National Radio station removed from YouTube
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