Google faces backlash for removing cryptocurrency videos from YouTube

NEW DELHI: US-based technology behemoth Google has faced backlash from the cryptocurrency trading community for removing — and later reinstating — hundreds of cryptocurrency videos from its video-sharing platform YouTube in the last three days, and for suspending a cryptocurrency wallet application from its Android marketplace, Google Play, last week.

Traders, startup founders and enthusiasts questioned Google’s stance on micro-blogging platform Twitter, calling for a boycott of both YouTube and Play Store as the chorus for migrating content and applications to decentralised video hosting platforms and browsers grew louder.

“These platforms are destroying a lot of value for people. Time to look at alternatives,” said Changpeng Zhao, the founder and CEO of popular cryptocurrency exchange Binance.