The tech giant deleted the accounts of three prominent Palestinian human rights groups — a capitulation to Trump sanctions.

**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.

  • Kissaki@feddit.orgEnglish
    10·
    5 hours ago

    Alternative title: Trump administration forces YouTube to delete more than 700 videos documenting Israeli human rights violations

    • Zombie@feddit.ukEnglish
      3·
      2 hours ago

      Forces implies an unwillingness and resistance. Knowing YouTube, they were probably more than happy to help in the covering up of war crimes.