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As of 2024, the situation around YouTube in Ukraine and neighboring regions demonstrates significant digital and geopolitical dynamics. YouTube's role in disseminating information remains pivotal, evident from the Censor.NET YouTube channel reaching a milestone of one million subscribers, underscoring its growing influence. Conversely, regions like Luhansk face challenges with YouTube access being restricted, even through VPNs, reflecting ongoing digital suppression in occupied territories.

In Russia, YouTube faces outright blocks, suggesting a tightening grip on digital content by the authorities. This has been highlighted by multiple incidents of service outages and confirmed blocks throughout the year. The U.S. State Department has commented on these restrictions, linking them to the Russian government's insecurity over its geopolitical actions.

Additionally, YouTube’s policies have also stirred controversies, such as the decision to block advertising on critical journalistic content, signaling complex editorial challenges in content management. Meanwhile, initiatives like the launch of new channels and features such as automatic Ukrainian subtitles aim to enhance informational accessibility and provide diverse perspectives unfiltered by local biases.

These developments paint a nuanced picture of YouTube's evolving role in regional politics, media freedom, and public discourse, aligning with broader trends of digital media's influence across geopolitical landscapes.
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Censor.NET Censor.NET YouTube channel gets one million subscribers The Censor.NET YouTube channel has a million subscribers. 3 291 32

YouTube in occupied Luhansk region does not work even with VPN YouTube stops working even with VPN in occupied Luhansk region - media In the occupied territories of Ukraine, in particular, in the Luhansk region, YouTube video hosting does not work even with a VPN. 3 034 20 Previously in trend: Occupied territories - Crimea and Donbas

YouTube is actually blocked in Russia YouTube is actually blocked in Russia - media There are problems with YouTube in Russia. Experts say that the video hosting service is actually being blocked. 5 511 30

Соцмережі 73% of Ukrainians receive news from Telegram - USAID survey in Ukraine In 2024, Telegram remained the main social network through which Ukrainians receive news. Over the past year, its share has increased by 1%. Thus, it is the main source of information for 73% of the country's population. 3 207 112

Держдеп про обмеження доступу до YouTube у Росії State Department: Restriction of access to YouTube in Russia shows authorities’ uncertainty about legitimacy of their actions The U.S. State Department believes that the restriction of access to YouTube in Russia indicates that Moscow is not confident in the legitimacy of its actions. 2 648 22

youtube,цензор YouTube has stopped working in Russia Youtube users in Russia began to complain about the complete stop of video hosting. 13 632 77

Проблеми із YouTube фіксують у Росії YouTube has crashed in Russia On the night of August 1 in Russia, YouTube malfunctioned. Users had problems accessing the site. 4 748 57

Юрій Ніколов та Віталій Шабунін "Shocking content": YouTube blocks advertising of journalist Nikolov and Shabunin’s video about Zaluzhnyi and Yermak. VIDEO YouTube decided that the conversation between journalist Yurii Nikolov and Vitalii Shabunin, head of the Anti-Corruption Action Center, about Zaluzhnyi and Yermak had "shocking content" and blocked the advertisement of the video. 28 255 99 Ukrainian Politics

youtube,war YouTube "BB Ukrainian Analytics": top news, analytics and insights from Ukraine A new YouTube channel in English was launched to tell the world the truth about Ukraine and Ukrainians without censorship and propaganda: https://www.youtube.com/@bbua_analytics/featured 85 0 Previously in trend: War

youtube Automatic Ukrainian subtitles are now available on YouTube, - Fedorov Video viewing with automatic translation of subtitles into Ukrainian became available on YouTube. Now you can watch original content from around the world with Ukrainian translation. 2 231 20 Society

пропаганда,фейк Recently, Twitter, and YouTube have been ignoring Ukraine's requests to remove propaganda content A new report by the European Disinformation Center shows that YouTube and Twitter are ignoring requests to remove hate and disinformation directed against Ukrainians. 6 958 26 War in Ukraine

соцмережі Occupiers are blocking YouTube and Instagram in Kherson region, - Khlan In the occupied part of the Kherson region, the invaders blocked access to YouTube and Instagram services. 1 159 4 Previously in trend: Occupied territories - Crimea and Donbas

захарова Zakharova announced blocking of YouTube in Russia According to Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, YouTube "signed a verdict." She called for content to be transferred to other platforms. 25 270 109 World

YouTube blocked UkrLive and Pershiy Nezalezhnyi channels, sanctioned by the NSDC YouTube blocked UkrLive and Pershiy Nezalezhnyi channels, sanctioned by the NSDC YouTube has blocked UkrLive and Pershiy Nezalezhnyi channels. Reason for blocking community violation. 12 768 99 Ukrainian Politics

Zelenskyi: I don Zelenskyi: I don't want to link sanctions against Medvedchuk's TV channels and provocations in Donbas. ВИДЕО Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi has said that the number of provocations in the conflict zone in Donbas has increased after the National Security and Defense Council imposed sanctions against Viktor Medvedchuk's TV channels controlled, but he does not want to link the two facts. 10 290 83 Previously in trend: Medvedcul channels sanctions