Alphabet Inc.’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) YouTube has taken down the Tenet Media channel, following a U.S. Department of Justice indictment.

What Happened: On Wednesday, the Justice Department filed money-laundering charges against two employees of the Russian state media network RT, reported Reuters.

Following this, on Thursday, YouTube announced that it was shutting down the Tenet Media channel along with four other channels run by Tenet owner Lauren Chen.

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The charges are associated with a scheme to hire an American company to produce online content with the intent of influencing the 2024 presidential election.

Justice Department officials revealed that the two employees used shell companies and fake personas to pay $10 million to an undisclosed Tennessee company for the production of online videos.

These videos were designed to intensify political divisions ...

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