Google shuts YouTube channel implicated in Kremlin political propaganda ops
&gt;The content appeared intended for an African-American audience, although the videos did not gain significant traction on YouTube, according to The Daily Beast, which said they had only garnered “hundreds” of views prior to the channel being closed (vs the pair’s Facebook page having ~48,000 fans before it was closed, and videos uploaded there racking up “thousands” of views).<p>Hundreds of views? For the whole channel, huh? Not sure what their distribution targets were but they sure failed to meet them.<p>And they (presumably) shared these videos on their 48k fan facebook page, yet the videos only managed to get &quot;thousands&quot; of views? Hope they didn&#x27;t have that Kremlin ad spend behind them because those numbers are pitiful.<p>&gt;And their content was pulled from Facebook back in August after being identified as Russian-backed propaganda, according to the Daily Beast’s sources.<p>I think it would be helpful for community moderators everywhere, including Hacker News, to understand how they were identified as Russian-backed propaganda.