Sky News Australia YouTube account suspended, digital editor labels it ‘disturbing attack’ on free thinking

Calum Jaspan

August 2, 2021 9:42

Sky News Australia’s YouTube account, which has over 1.8 million subscribers, has been banned from posting videos for seven days.

The ban comes after YouTube deemed the account to have breached COVID-19 misinformation policies set by the Alaphabet Inc-owned platform (Google).

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Calum Jaspan was news editor at Mumbrella, based in Melbourne. He was also the producer and host of the Mumbrellacast. He left Mumbrella in May 2023.

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