YouTube has come under fire for allegedly bowing to political pressure from US President Donald Trump, after it removed the accounts of three leading Palestinian rights groups. The channels, which featured more than 700 videos documenting alleged human rights violations committed by Israel, were removed without warning—prompting accusations of censorship and complicity in silencing evidence of war crimes.
According to a report by The Intercept, Google's video-hosting platform silently removed the YouTube channels of the Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, Al-Haq and the Palestinian Center for Human Rights in early October.
