Baladi News
All at once, YouTube management closed at least 50 Syrian opponent channels documenting videos of shelling, casualties, relief and recue of the wounded, and distribution of humanitarian aid. Among these are the channels of Baladi News Network, Zaman Al Wasl, and Khotwa News Agency.
However, none of Assad's regime channels, which post footage of the barbaric crimes of Assad's army according to activists, were deleted. Rather, they appear as suggestions whenever a video related to Syria is played, which means that the closure of the revolutionary channels aims at concealing Assad's crimes and adopting the regime's version about the war in Syria, so that all that will remain is what the regime wants to show to the world.
On the other hand, activists issued a petition aiming at uniting efforts to respond to this step taken by YouTube. They are afraid that Facebook, Twitter, and other website could follow suit, which would silence any opposition voice and cover up Assad's crimes against Syrians.