YouTube Bans Bitcoin Magazine’s 60K Follower Channel

YouTube Bans Bitcoin Magazine’s 60K Follower Channel

The video platform by Google banned Bitcoin Magazine’s channel today during a livestream covering Bitcoin news.YouTube has just banned the official channel of Bitcoin Magazine during a live stream about Cash App integrating the Lightning Network, bitcoin mining in Kazakhstan, and other Bitcoin-related news.The platform justified the move saying that “content that encourages illegal activities or encourages users to violate YouTube’s guidelines is not allowed on YouTube,” adding that exceptions might be made if a video portrays the information as educational content instead of inciting....


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