The platform had deleted the newly-created channels a few days after YouTube removed the original accounts.
Through an observation on the video-sharing platform YouTube on Tuesday, it was confirmed that the site has terminated again the accounts of SMNI News, which had a username ‘@smninewsofficial’ and its program ‘Laban Kasama ng Bayan’. The fresh termination happens a few days after these new accounts were created to circumvent the initial deletion issued by YouTube versus the network owned by Pastor Apollo Quiboloy.
In its statement on the matter last weekend, Google — the parent company of YouTube — said that the deletion is in compliance with US Sanctions laws and their own terms of service. Quiboloy was given a sanction last year after a US court issued a warrant of arrest versus him for charges related to sex trafficking and bulk cash smuggling.
Apart from the channels, YouTube had already in the past shuttered the pastor’s personal and the Kingdom of Jesus Christ’s YouTube channels. TikTok had also cracked down on him, banning Quiboloy’s personal account last Monday, July 3.
Despite that, DZAR 1026, the radio station owned by SMNI, continues to be available on YouTube. SMNI TV, meanwhile, had also shifted to other platforms amidst the debacle.
SMNI terminated by YouTube for violating terms of service
RELATED STORY
One reply on “YouTube terminates SMNI-linked channels anew”