**You Tube, which is owned by Google, confirmed to The Intercept that it deleted the groups’ accounts as a direct result of State Department sanctions against the group after a review. The Trump administration leveled the sanctions against the organizations in September over their work with the International Criminal Court in cases charging Israeli officials of war crimes.
“Google is committed to compliance with applicable sanctions and trade compliance laws,” YouTube spokesperson Boot Bullwinkle said in a statement.**
It is high time people moved to peertube.tv.
What would the legal consequences be if YouTube did not comply with the sanctions and refused to delete the videos / accounts? Are they caving because they don’t give a damn, or because they have no choice?
They are caving because they are paid to.