Google and YouTube are Censoring IPTV Services while profiting from advertisements.
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Last week I wrote an article about YouTube removing my TROYPOINT videos, and this led me to do more research. What I found was complete hypocrisy.
This first started when YouTube flagged my videos on IPTV Smarters Pro and TiviMate, which by the way are inside the Google Play Store.
IPTV Smarters – Google Play Store
TiviMate – Google Play Store
But the hypocrisy of Google’s IPTV censorship doesn’t stop there.
Google Censoring IPTV While Profiting from Ads
Whenever I search for “IPTV” and other related terms I instantly noticed the four advertisements at the top of my screen.
So I went over to YouTube and found the exact same results when searching for IPTV-related terms.
After doing further research on many of these IPTV services, they are clearly unverified as they can’t be found in reputable app stores (Amazon, Apple, etc.).
There’s also a very good chance that these IPTV services don’t have the proper licensing to broadcast the content they are promoting.
You’re telling me a live TV service can legally offer over 30,000 live channels and VOD for under $15 per month?
We have reported on instances in the past where these types of services found themselves in legal trouble.
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Regardless, the interesting part here is if you scroll to the bottom of Google after searching for anything “IPTV” related you will likely find a message noting the DMCA law and the removal of certain results.
When clicking the “DMCA complaint” link we found hundreds of domains pertaining to IPTV that have been censored by Google and removed from search results.
Ultimately, it is completely hypocritical of Google to accept thousands of dollars in ad revenue while censoring similar IPTV websites in their search results.
Unfortunately, we expect Google’s censorship of IPTV to expand as time goes on. And as a result, this will only increase the popularity of VPNs to help combat big tech censorship.
You can view the full list of censored IPTV domains by clicking the link below.
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