YouTube terminates CE nominee John Lee’s campaign channel, citing US sanctions

Local | 20 Apr 2022 3:27 pm

YouTube took down the campaign channel of HK chief executive candidate John Lee Ka-chiu on Wednesday, as its parent company Google said to comply with the US sanctions against the HK former number-two official.

This came a day after Lee’s campaign office started to live broadcast Lee’s meeting with Hong Kong deputies to the NPC and CPPCC on Facebook and YouTube on Tuesday, and was originally planning to broadcast the meeting with the Sports, Performing Arts, Culture and Publication sector today.

Upon request for comments, a Google spokesman said the company complies with applicable US sanctions laws and enforces related policies under its Terms of Service.

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