YouTube announced on Friday it is immediately blocking access around the world to channels associated with Russian state-funded media, citing a policy barring content that denies or trivializes well-documented violent events, Reuters reported.

YouTube, which is owned by Alphabet Inc's Google, said Russia's invasion of Ukraine now fell under its violent events policy.

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