YouTube is under fire to ban misinformation about Hong Kong protesters. This comes in the wake of Facebook and Twitter’s decision to ban Chinese government propaganda accounts. The two social media companies had removed state-sponsored campaigns at Hong Kong protesters.

Meanwhile, YouTube is now under pressure to remove ads from China state media channel. The China Central Television (CCTV) has been spreading misinformation about the protests happening in Hong Kong. Meanwhile, protesters have taken over the streets of China’s capital city. They are protesting against the country’s newly introduced extradition bill.

Twitter and Reddit users have posted some screenshots of the ads from YouTube. These ads reportedly portray Hong Kong protests as “illegitimate products of foreign influence”. YouTube and its parent company, Google now face accusations of allowing these ads to go on their platforms.

Likewise, the ads are reportedly sowing political discord. Supporters of the protests now ask Google to stop running ads from CCTV. However, the media outlet’s YouTube channel has over 560,000 subscribers.

Although, there are some grey lines to this as it is not clear if these ads actually go against Google’s ad policies. Google has rules that prohibit political ads from misrepresenting products or organisation.

The Hong Kong protests recently got more intense. The citizens are protesting against a bill that would let Hong Kong citizens be extradited to China for trial. In essence, the protesters call the bill a form of legalised kidnapping.