Recently, YouTube suddenly shut down the If Americans Knew YouTube channel. The channel contained 70 videos providing fact-based information about Israel-Palestine. People going to the channel saw a message telling them that the site had been terminated for “violating YouTube guidelines”— implying to the public that we were guilty of wrongdoing.
Israel’s Online Shadow Operations
Numerous well funded, organized projects by and for Israel work to flood social media with pro-Israel propaganda, while blocking facts Israel dislikes. The projects utilize Israeli soldiers, students, American teens and others, and range from infiltrating Wikipedia to influencing YouTube. Some operate out of Jewish Community Centers in the U.S.