Affiliated media: The Insider Live, The Insider Youtube Channel

Incident date: January 23, 2024

Attack type:

• Shutting down a media outlet / blocking an Internet site/ seizure of an entire print run

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Source: The Insider

Location: Russia, Moscow, Москва

Additional information:

YouTube has blocked and deleted The Insider's channel and all its content. The platform, run by Google, commented that the channel 'violates our anti-spam and anti-fraud policies'. For several months, The Insider Live has been subject to mass attacks by trolls “who left comments in support of Hamas, Azerbaijan and the Kremlin's foreign policy and sent complaints about the channel.”