Google Removes Nearly 11,000 YouTube Channels Linked to China, Russia, Other Nations

More than 7,700 channels deemed to be propaganda were linked to China alone.

A young woman with a smartphone walks past a billboard advertisement for YouTube in Berlin on Sept. 27, 2019. Sean Gallup/Getty Images

Google has removed nearly 11,000 YouTube channels tied to state-run propaganda campaigns for China, Russia, and other nations over the past few months.

The company announced in a July 21 statement that in the second quarter of 2025, it removed thousands of YouTube channels, Google Ads accounts, and a Blogger blog linked to those nations.