Facebook and Twitter took similar action this week.
YouTube said on Thursday that it disabled 210 channels that had apparent ties to a disinformation campaign around the Hong Kong protests.While YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter are all banned in mainland China, they're available in Hong Kong.
Twitter Inc and Facebook Inc removed accounts on Monday that they said had engaged in a state-backed social media campaign to undermine the protests in Hong Kong. Twitter, Facebook and YouTube are all blocked in mainland China by the government but are available in Hong Kong. In response, Twitter said Monday it would no longer accept advertising from state-controlled news media, a change that had been in the works for months. Facebook and YouTube said they did not plan to change their ads policies.
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