Sky News Australia Suspended From YouTube For A Week Over Covid Report

Australian media reported that the suspension was issued after Sky News Australia allegedly denied the existence of Covid-19 or encouraged people to use some anti-Covid drugs, without providing countervailing context.

Sky News Australia said on Sunday it has been temporarily suspended by the video-sharing site YouTube following the platform's review of content for compliance with its COVID-19 policies. "Sky News Australia acknowledges YouTube's right to enforce its policies and looks forward to continuing to publish its popular news and analysis content to its subscribers shortly," Sky News said in a statement on its website about the one-week suspension. The 24-hour cable and television channel, which claims to have 1.85 million YouTube subscribers, is operated by Australian News Channel Pty Ltd and is a subsidiary of News Corp Australia.YouTube, owned by Alphabet Inc's Google, confirmed the suspension.