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Google released its quarterly danger analysis group (TAG) bulletin on Monday, showing that since the beginning of 2025, YouTube has taken around 34,000 channels associated with Chinese, Russian or other anti -foreign campaign.
The last three months saw significant decline for the first three months of the year. According to April, May and June, according to Google’s Q2 tag bulletin, only 11,000 YouTube channels were removed.
It is about 23,000 to a drop that was removed between January, February and March.
Oxford’s Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (RISJ) in its 14th annual digital news report released last month indicated that YouTube saw Facebook, Instagram, X and Ticketkok as a favorite source for news on social media as Americans, or (Through Robin Bake / AFP Getty Image / Getty Image)
“Every quarter we share an update on the coordinated impact operations operations on our platforms,” a YouTube spokesman told Fox News Digital, which is as part of our transparency reporting. ” “The findings of the most recent update are in line with our expectations of this regular and ongoing work.”
YouTube has become an important source of news for many Americans rapidly. Oxford’s Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (RISJ) indicated in its 14th annual Digital news report Was released last month, for the first time, Social media Displaced television people consume their news as a top method.
In this photo illustration, a smartphone screen displays people of various social media networks widely used worldwide. (Photo by Anna Barkle / Getty Image / Getty Image)
According to the report, who surveyed around 100,000 people in 48 countries, 54% said that they used social media and video network as a source of news in the previous week.
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American user According to the report, the preference for social media on television news was 55% in 2021, but today 72%.
When watching youtube and Americans especially, its spread as a source of news Facebook, x, x, Instagram And Tiktok, the report also indicates.
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A Fox News Digital Analysis of both Google’s Q1 and Q2 Tag Bulletin for 2025 found that Russia and China These foreign influences were among the most frequent origin of campaigns.
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In some cases the campaign was connected to Russia, but shared in a series of different languages, such as Ukrainian, Polish, Romanian, French, English and Persian.
Meanwhile, when less common, YouTube also eliminated channels associated with countries such as Iran, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Ghana and Israel.
