Houthis say YouTube's ban on its channels in Yemen is part of West-imposed media blockade

(Photo: SABA) YouTube closed dozens of channels on its platform belonging to various groups in Yemen on Monday, July 17. The groups affected by the ban include the Houthi militia, the Ansar Allah band, its artistic and documentary production units, along with the Revolutionary Media Center (RMC) based in Sana’a, al-Masirah reported.  The military in Sana’a claimed that the channels that were closed had over 500,000 subscribers with over 7,000 videos and millions of views. It also accused Twitter and Facebook of having shut the pages belonging to the organization.  Ansar Allah, the movement representing the Houthis, issued a statement calling the ban arbitrary and an act of “intellectual terrorism.” It alleged that YouTube is seeking to “harness the media assets of the countries of aggression to serve their colonial project.” In its statement, the Revolutionary Media Center in Sana’a, which runs some of the channels affected by the ban, asked for its immediate revocation, saying that the bans “came without any violation of the terms and standards of publication.” Claiming that the aim was to “obscure the national voice against the US, British, Saudi and Emirati aggression and its allies,” the RMC said that the move amounted to a
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