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YouTube terminating Tenet Media channel after US indictment

Published 09/05/2024, 08:55 PM
Updated 09/05/2024, 09:16 PM
© Reuters. A silhouette of a mobile user is seen next to a screen projection of Youtube logo in this picture illustration taken March 28, 2018.  REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/ File Photo
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(Reuters) - Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL)'s YouTube said on Thursday it was terminating the Tenet Media channel and four channels operated by Tenet owner Lauren Chen, following an indictment from the U.S. Department of Justice.

The Justice Department on Wednesday filed money-laundering charges against two employees of Russian state media network RT for what officials said was a scheme to hire an American company to produce online content to influence the 2024 presidential election.

Justice Department officials said the two employees used shell companies and fake personas to pay $10 million to an unnamed Tennessee company to produce online videos aimed at amplifying political divisions in the United States.

© Reuters. A silhouette of a mobile user is seen next to a screen projection of Youtube logo in this picture illustration taken March 28, 2018.  REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/ File Photo

Though the company is not named in the indictment, details provided in court filings match up with Tenet Media, a Nashville-based company that has posted nearly 2,000 videos to YouTube in less than a year.

Tenet did not respond to a request for comment on the termination.

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