{"id":107280,"date":"2021-01-05T15:35:15","date_gmt":"2021-01-05T15:35:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=107280"},"modified":"2021-01-05T15:35:15","modified_gmt":"2021-01-05T15:35:15","slug":"uk-broadcaster-talkradio-removed-from-youtube","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/markets\/uk-broadcaster-talkradio-removed-from-youtube\/","title":{"rendered":"UK broadcaster talkRADIO removed from YouTube"},"content":{"rendered":"
LONDON (Reuters) – British national radio station talkRADIO on Tuesday said that YouTube had removed its channel from the video-sharing platform and had given no detailed reason for doing so.<\/p>\n
TalkRADIO has more than 400,000 listeners and is regulated by Britain\u2019s main broadcast watchdog, Ofcom.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe urgently await a detailed response from Google\/YouTube about the nature of the breach that has led to our channel being removed from its platform,\u201d talkRADIO said in a statement.<\/p>\n
YouTube did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n
TalkRADIO is one of Britain\u2019s main news and speech radio stations and regularly hosts government ministers.<\/p>\n
The station broadcasts via digital radio as well as online and used YouTube to host a video feed of live broadcasts and an archive of past shows.<\/p>\n
Some of its presenters have criticised government measures to slow the spread of coronavirus as excessive or ill-targeted.<\/p>\n
Senior minister Michael Gove, speaking to talkRADIO on Tuesday, said the broadcaster should be free to question COVID policy without interference from large technology companies.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t believe in censorship,\u201d Gove said. \u201cI think it\u2019s absolutely right that people should ask questions.\u201d<\/p>\n
Under Ofcom rules, all British broadcasters are required to ensure that news is reported accurately and impartially.<\/p>\n
In February Ofcom fined talkRADIO 75,000 pounds ($101,737), relating to broadcasts in 2018 by former lawmaker George Galloway, which it ruled lacked impartiality. TalkRADIO sacked Galloway in 2019 over a separate incident.<\/p>\n
TalkRADIO said on Tuesday that it had robust editorial controls and took care to balance debate.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe regularly interrogate government data and we have controls in place, use verifiable sources and give space to a careful selection of voices and opinions,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n
($1 = 0.7372 pounds)<\/p>\n