Sansad TV says its YouTube channel compromised by ‘scamsters’

The YouTube account of Sansad TV, which broadcasts live proceedings of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, was terminated for violating YouTube’s community guidelines. The channel has claimed that YouTube is addressing the “security threat”

The account’s name was also changed to “Ethereum”, the name of a popular cryptocurrency, according to a press release by Sansad TV

In a tweet, Sansad TV said that the outage was due to a “hacker attack” and the media had misrepresented the matter by reporting that the account had violated YouTube guidelines. During the period when the account was unavailable, YouTube displayed a message saying its guidelines had been violated.

YouTube’s community guidelines outline what type of content is not allowed on YouTube and the website claims to “apply them to everyone equally – regardless of the subject or the creator’s background, political viewpoint, position or affiliation.”

They cover spam and deceptive practices, sensitive content, harassment and cyberbullying, harmful or dangerous content, hate speech, regulated goods and misinformation.