{"id":1045385,"date":"2021-11-22T18:59:03","date_gmt":"2021-11-22T23:59:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1045385"},"modified":"2021-11-22T18:59:05","modified_gmt":"2021-11-22T23:59:05","slug":"blackburn-says-youtube-dinged-channel-at-behest-of-ccp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blackburn-says-youtube-dinged-channel-at-behest-of-ccp\/","title":{"rendered":"Blackburn Says YouTube Dinged Channel at Behest of CCP"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fblackburn-says-youtube-dinged-channel-at-behest-of-ccp%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1045385&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div readability=\"29.866666666667\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"article-category\"><a class href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/media\/\">Media<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"article-excerpt\">Senator slams site in letter exclusively obtained by the Free Beacon<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-thumbnail-container relative lg:mr-24 w-full my-4 mb-8\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"736\" height=\"514\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-2066.jpeg\" class=\"w-full lazyload blur-up wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-2065.jpeg 736w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/GettyImages-1280073401_736x514-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/GettyImages-1280073401_736x514-703x491.jpg 703w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/><figcaption class=\"absolute text-white p-4 w-full text-right text-xs bottom-0 bg-black opacity-75\">\n\t\t\t\tSen. Marsha Blackburn (R., Tenn.) \/ Getty Images\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t\t\t<span class=\"text-gray text-xs md:text-lg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/author\/santi-ruiz\/\" title=\"Posts by Santi Ruiz\" class=\"author url fn text-red-700\" rel=\"author\">Santi Ruiz<\/a> \u2022 November 22, 2021 6:45 pm<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div readability=\"80.36\">\n<p>Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R., Tenn.) is demanding YouTube explain why it stripped ad revenue from a news channel that covered the disappearance of Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai, in a letter exclusively obtained by the <em>Washington Free Beacon.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Blackburn says YouTube&#8217;s decision to make a video from the news program <em>Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar<\/em> ineligible for most ads shows that the company is &#8220;working with the CCP to promote its dangerous viewpoints around the world.&#8221; She also asks the company to &#8220;identify all other instances&#8221; when it &#8220;has demonetized, blocked, or deleted content at the behest of the Chinese Communist Party.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Blackburn&#8217;s letter refers to a video posted on Nov. 18 by <em>Breaking Points<\/em> that highlighted Peng, who disappeared for two weeks after alleging a high-ranking CCP official had raped her. The <em>Free Beacon<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/media\/youtube-strips-ad-revenue-from-channel-for-video-on-disappeared-chinese-tennis-star\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> last week that YouTube&#8217;s automatic review and manual review both flagged the video as inappropriate, denying <em>Breaking Points<\/em> a key revenue source.<\/p>\n<p>YouTube told the <em>Free Beacon <\/em>the video was not &#8220;demonetized,&#8221; since advertisers could still place ads on the video if they opted to advertise on the platform&#8217;s blacklisted video list. YouTube did not respond to requests for comment on the percentage of advertisers who opt in.<\/p>\n<p>Peng&#8217;s case has sparked international condemnation, with the Women&#8217;s Tennis Association demanding her release. WTA CEO Steve Simon asked China&#8217;s ambassador to the United States to assure Peng&#8217;s health and safety on Friday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/now\/wta-chair-asks-chinas-ambassador-211058811.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">warning<\/a> that the association might be forced to pull its business and events from China if Peng&#8217;s allegations are not fully investigated.<\/p>\n<p>Chinese state media on Wednesday released a statement purportedly from Peng, in which the athlete recanted her allegation that former vice premier Zhang Gaoli sexually assaulted her. According to the statement, Peng said &#8220;I&#8217;m not missing, nor am I unsafe. I&#8217;ve been resting at home and everything is fine.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Human rights groups <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rfa.org\/english\/news\/china\/warns-11222021101544.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">say<\/a> Peng may be held in &#8220;residential surveillance at a designated location,&#8221; a common CCP tactic, and was likely pressured to provide the statement.<\/p>\n<p>International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach reportedly had a half-hour video call with Peng, and the committee said Peng &#8220;is safe and well.&#8221; But British anti-slavery activist Luke de Pulford <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lukedepulford\/status\/1462733028870995970?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">noted<\/a> on Twitter that Bach apparently has a friendly relationship with the alleged rapist.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Media Senator slams site in letter exclusively obtained by the Free Beacon  Sen. 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