The German government is not related to the Locking of the Youtube channel RT Deutsch (German version of Russia Today), this decision was made by the Administration of the video library. This is stated in the statement of the German Cabinet, RIA Novosti reports.
Disproven its involvement in the closure of the RT Deutsch channel, in the Cabinet said they adopted this decision “note.” The YouTube administration motivated its decision by the fact that the channel distributed disinformation about the coronavirus and tried to bypass the rules of the platform.
Previously it became known that two German channels Russia Today were removed Youtube. The video hosting administration said that he first made a warning for the spread of disinformation about the coronavirus and limited the rights of the owners to publish the video. Then RT created a second channel to get around the ban. After that, YouTube deleted both channels.