"Did we really f*** up our Western partners that much?" Propagandists lament after their channels are blocked on YouTube
And they propose a vote — to block YouTube in Belarus in response or not. But even among their audience, not everyone wants to be left without YouTube.
On April 3, video hosting YouTube removed the state channels BelTA, STV, and ONT. Propagandists reacted en masse.
On BelTA's Telegram channel, they write that Americans are "themselves pushing us to follow the Russian path regarding hostile platforms."
The GUBOPiK channel proposed recognizing all of YouTube as extremist and blocking it.
The general thesis of the propagandists has already emerged: "they removed it because they envy our immense popularity."
Oleg Gaidukevich even recorded a congratulatory video. Allegedly, Belarusian propaganda media were removed because they fear "the truth they are telling" — not only to Belarusians but also to people living in Western countries.
The deputy and chairman of the LDPB accuses YouTube of hindering freedom of speech. And he is indignant that Belarusian propagandists are being silenced.
Surprisingly, Grigory Azarenok is silent for now — he limited himself to reposting Gaidukevich's video.
Ihar Tur also only reposts statements by propaganda colleagues for now — for example, Marina Kardamon from ONT.
"Did we really f*** up our Western partners so much that they hysterically cut us off a minute before the audience's orgasm? Well, you can't drink away art. We will repeat," she wrote.
Afterwards, she tried to joke again: "Or maybe they were offended that we renamed the Americano at Mak [McDonald's]?"
The STV TV channel was outraged that their company and management are not under sanctions, yet they were blocked anyway.
The Telegram channel "Yellow Plums" asked its audience if they support blocking YouTube in response. Even among their readers (and readers of propagandist channels and district newspapers that reposted the poll), not everyone solidarized — 57%.
Vadzim Gigin, Director General of the National Library and Deputy of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly, promised to act together with the Russians: "There you have it, your much-vaunted freedom of speech! What else did you expect from Westerners! And why were they removed? Because our channels were gaining popularity. Citizens of EU countries actively visited them. Well, an information war is underway. And the opponent acts insidiously, not shying away from any means. And it's not the first time we've faced such diversions. We know how to respond. Together with our Russian brothers, the response will be maximally effective."
In fact, the share of Belarusian viewers on propaganda YouTube channels is small. They gathered more viewers with pro-Russian views from CIS countries and others.
The Ministry of Information "negatively assessed this unfriendly and baseless step and reserves the right to take necessary response measures."
The Belarusian Union of Journalists, which ignored or even welcomed repression against media workers in the country, quotes its chairman of the board Andrei Krivosheev: "The Belarusian Union of Journalists is outraged by this act of information vandalism and politically motivated censorship by an antisocial platform.
The hosting is worthless in its flawed Belarusophobic position. The national media community will continue to communicate with its Belarusian people on other platforms."
Konstantin Pridybailo, a propagandist for Russia Today, also did not stay on the sidelines. He even made a prediction about whether the offended Belarusian authorities would close YouTube in Belarus.
He believes that they won't, after all: "But there is their own video hosting, plus I personally connected Belarusian friends with RuTube. I think it will be interesting to observe the retaliatory sanctions against the 'free platform'."
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