YouTube Must Take Down Donald Trump’s Channel or Face Advertiser Boycott, US Civil Rights Groups Demand
[ad_1] US civil rights teams will organise an advertiser boycott towards Alphabet's YouTube if it doesn't take away President Donald Trump's channel, the teams advised Reuters. Jim Steyer, one of many organisers of the " Stop Hate for Profit " marketing campaign which led over 1,000 advertisers to boycott Facebook in July, mentioned the teams are demanding YouTube take down Trump's verified YouTube channel, which has 2.76 million subscribers. YouTube is the final main tech firm that has not banned Trump from posting on its platforms. Facebook, Twitter , and Snap have all blocked Trump after supporters of the president stormed the US Capitol final week, main to 5 deaths. Trump's YouTube channel offers him the chance to proceed spreading false info that the US election was stolen, Steyer mentioned. On Tuesday, Trump's YouTube channel posted eight new movies, together with one wherein Trump advised reporters "I think Big Tech has made a terrible mistake&quo…