YouTube placed severe restrictions on the account of U.K. far right activist Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, who goes by Tommy Robinson, but the Google-owned video site did not ban him altogether.
Robinson was a co-founder, spokesman and leader of the controversial English Defence League, which presents itself as a single-issue movement opposed to Islamism and Islamic extremism.
He recently became a political adviser to Gerard Batten, leader of the UK Independence Party, a right-wing, anti-immigration political party.
Twitter banned Robinson from its platform last March, citing violations of its policies on hateful conduct.
Facebook and Instagram followed suit in late February, saying that individuals and organizations that are engaged in “organized hate” were not permitted on its platform.
Robinson’s YouTube channel has over 388,000 subscribers.
A YouTube spokesperson said, “After consulting with third-party experts, we are applying a tougher treatment to Tommy Robinson’s channel in keeping with our policies on borderline content.
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