On March 22, WION was blocked. No new uploads, no videos, total block.
YouTube, had a problem with one of WION’s videos, dating back to March 10.
In that clip, we showed two live speeches—One by Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba, and the second by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
YouTube explanation:
"Our community guidelines prohibit content denying, minimizing, or trivializing well-documented violent events, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine.”
“Under this policy, we have removed content, for example, denying that Russia invaded Ukraine or alleging that Ukrainian victims are crisis actors."
So what was it that Russian minister Lavrov said:
"As for your question about whether we are planning to attack other countries. We are not planning to attack other countries. We did not attack Ukraine either. We explained on numerous occasions that there was a situation that posed a direct threat to the security of the Russian Federation," Lavrov said on March 10.
Did WION endorse it?
WION simply broadcast the Russian foreign minister's statement, just like the Ukrainian Minister's statement was played.
Does that mean WION is supporting Russia?
New Delhi: After a massive viewer-led 12-hour campaign that saw over 25,000 tweets in WION’s support and counting, YouTube on Saturday backed down and unblocked the global channel it had banned for reporting on Russia- Ukraine war.
