Youtube shuts German channels of Russia’s RT

Russia on Wednesday threatened to block Youtube and the Kremlin called for “zero tolerance” towards the video hosting giant after it removed Russian state-backed broadcaster RT'S German-language channels from its site. The online video company owned by Alphabet deleted Russian state-backed broadcaster RT'S German-language channels on Tuesday, saying they had breached its Covid-19 misinformation policy. On Wednesday Youtube said it would block all anti-vaccine content, moving beyond Covid-19 to include content that alleges vaccines cause chronic health effects or contains misinformation on the substances in vaccines.