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Google terminates 299 YouTube channels linked to China

Hemani Shet Mumbai | Updated on September 16, 2020 Published on September 16, 2020

Google between April and June 2020 had terminated over 2,500 similar YouTube channels   -  REUTERS

These channels uploaded ‘spammy’ content in Chinese on music, entertainment and lifestyle

Google had terminated 299 YouTube channels linked to China in July, according to the latest update on its Threat Analysis Group (TAG) bulletin for Q3 2020.

“We terminated 299 YouTube channels as part of our ongoing investigation into coordinated influence operations linked to China,” TAG’s Shane Huntley wrote in a blog post.

“These channels mostly uploaded spammy content in Chinese about music, entertainment, and lifestyle. A very small subset uploaded content in Chinese about Covid-19 and current events in Hong Kong,” Huntley added.

Google between April and June 2020 had terminated over 2,500 similar YouTube channels.

Graphika report

A small subset of these channels had posted political content, primarily in Chinese, similar to the findings in a recent Graphika report, including content related to the US response to Covid-19, Google had said.

The Graphika report detailed a pro-Chinese cross-platform political spam network had remerged in 2020. The network dubbed “Spamouflage Dragon” is reactivating its accounts to post political spam messages about various issues, including Hong Kong politics, Chinese regime critics and the Chinese response to Covid-19.

Apart from this, Google in July also terminated one advertising account and seven YouTube channels that were part of “a coordinated influence operation linked to Ecuador.”

“The campaign was linked to the PR firm Estraterra, and posted content in Spanish about former Ecuador government employees. These findings are consistent with similar findings reported by Facebook,” wrote Huntley.

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Google terminates 299 YouTube channels linked to China

St Stephen's College Releases Cut-Off List, Highest Cut-Off Announced At 99.25%
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St Stephen's College Releases Cut-Off List, Highest Cut-Off Announced At 99.25%

St Stephen's College releases its first cut-off list. Cut-offs for many courses have been announced at 99% and above. This year’s cut-offs are higher than last year’s.

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Delhi University's St Stephen's College has released its first cut-off list for undergraduate courses, with the highest cut-off being announced at 99.25 per cent for BA (Hons) Economics.

This year's cut-offs are higher than last year. In 2019, the cut-off for BA (Hons) English and BA (Hons) Economics were pegged at 98.75 percent for students from the commerce background. The cut-off for BA (Hons) Economics stands at 99.25 percent for commerce students, 98.75 percent for humanities and 98 percent for science stream students.

The cut-off for BA English (Hons) stands at 99 percent for commerce students, 98.75 percent for science and humanities stream students. This year's cut-off for the course is higher by 0.25 percent for commerce and science students. Last year, the college had pegged the cut-off for BA (Hons) English at 98.75 percent for commerce students, 98.25 percent for humanities students and 98.75 percent for science students.

The cut-off for BA History (Hons) stands at 99 percent for commerce students and science stream students, and 98.25 percent for humanities students.

The cut-off for BA (Hons) Philosophy was announced as 98 percent for commerce students, 98.75 percent for Humanities students and 97 percent for science stream students.

The cut-off for BSc Physics (Hons) is 97.66 percent while the cut-off for BSc (Hons) Chemistry is 96.67 percent. Last year, the cut-offs for BSc Physics (Hons) and BSc Chemistry (Hons) was 96.66 percent and 96.33, respectively.

The cut-off for BSc (Hons) Mathematics is 98 percent for commerce and science students and 96.5 percent for humanities stream students.

In Economics, the college has put a rider that applicants need to score at least 95 percent in mathematics to secure a seat. Those under Church of North India Delhi Diocese (CNID) and Church of North India (CNI) need to have 70 percent marks in the subject while SC, ST and general applicants need 95 percent in the subject.

For English honours applicants, students need to have scored 90 percent in English Core or 85 percent in English Elective.

For the BA programme, the cut-off for students from commerce and science backgrounds stands at 99 percent while for humanities stream students it is 98 percent.

 

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