According to sources, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is investigating whether YouTube, a subsidiary of Alphabet, Google's parent company, has violated consumer protection laws in suspending user accounts. The sources stated that the FTC has been investigating YouTube since last year and the inquiry has now entered the final stage in preparation for potential litigation. According to insiders, the investigation aims to determine whether YouTube has violated its own user policy when bannin

According to sources, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is investigating whether YouTube, a subsidiary of Google’s parent company Alphabet, has violated consumer protection laws when suspending user accounts. The sources indicated that the FTC began investigating YouTube last year and the investigation has now entered the final stage in preparation for potential litigation. According to informed sources, the purpose of this investigation is to determine whether YouTube violated its own user policies by banning or reducing the exposure of certain content. The investigation is also reviewing whether YouTube’s content policies may have misled users into believing they were allowed to publish specific content, leading them to register and use the service, only for that content to later be removed or their accounts suspended.