[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"branding":3,"analytics":7,"article-youtube-earning-from-sanctioned-iranian-channels":10,"sections":42},{"siteName":4,"siteTagline":5,"publisherName":4,"contactEmail":6},"The Revision","Tech news, decoded.","editor@therevision.news",{"gaMeasurementId":8,"adsenseClientId":9},"G-ZW2MV82GYR","ca-pub-8533917693782264",{"article":11},{"id":12,"slug":13,"title":14,"dek":15,"body_md":16,"tags_json":17,"published_at":18,"created_at":19,"updated_at":20,"status":21,"review_note":22,"review_notes":23,"image_url":30,"persona_id":22,"persona_name":22,"section":31,"tags":32,"sources":37,"feedback":41,"feedback_at":22,"cost_usd":41,"total_tokens":41},700,"youtube-earning-from-sanctioned-iranian-channels","YouTube Is Profiting From Channels Linked to Sanctioned Iranians","New research found dozens of monetized YouTube channels run by people and organizations the US has sanctioned for their ties to Iran.","New research has identified dozens of monetized YouTube channels operated by people and organizations the US government has sanctioned for their ties to Iran.\n\nThe research suggests these channels were not just present on the platform - they were actively earning ad revenue, with Google taking its standard cut. The sanctioned subjects include individuals and organizations with documented links to Tehran. Under US sanctions law, enforced by the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control, American companies are generally prohibited from doing business with sanctioned parties - a category that would include sharing in ad revenue they generate.\n\nThis is not a content moderation failure. It is a sanctions compliance failure, and those carry legal consequences that content violations typically do not. OFAC has the authority to levy substantial fines for exactly this kind of arrangement, and intent is not always a requirement.\n\nThe research stops at \"suggests\" rather than \"confirms,\" which matters - but probably less to regulators than to Google's lawyers. The company has not explained how these accounts stayed monetized, and the question of whether YouTube's review pipeline checks applicants against the sanctions list at all remains open.","[\"sanctions\",\"youtube\",\"compliance\",\"iran\"]","2026-06-11T11:00:00.000Z","2026-06-11T12:54:33.126Z","2026-06-18T10:38:01.623Z","published",null,[24],{"id":25,"reviewer":26,"round":27,"reason":28,"status":29},"editor-r1","editor",1,"Add concrete details from the source (e.g., names of channels, methodology, dates of the research) and avoid speculative language; ensure every claim is directly supported by the cited Wired article.","resolved","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.xyz.onl\u002Farticle-images\u002Fyoutube-earning-from-sanctioned-iranian-channels.webp","policy",[33,34,35,36],"sanctions","youtube","compliance","iran",[38],{"name":39,"url":40},"Wired","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wired.com\u002Fstory\u002Fyoutube-appears-to-be-making-money-off-of-sanctioned-iranian-accounts\u002F",0,{"sections":43},[44,49,54,59,63,68,73,78,83,88,93,98,103,108],{"name":45,"slug":46,"count":47,"latest_published_at":48},"AI","ai",2602,"2026-07-18T18:30:00.000Z",{"name":50,"slug":51,"count":52,"latest_published_at":53},"Security","security",315,"2026-07-17T19:30:00.000Z",{"name":55,"slug":56,"count":57,"latest_published_at":58},"Deals","deals",179,"2026-06-29T20:02:07.000Z",{"name":60,"slug":31,"count":61,"latest_published_at":62},"Policy",169,"2026-07-17T19:49:53.000Z",{"name":64,"slug":65,"count":66,"latest_published_at":67},"Hardware","hardware",126,"2026-07-16T20:09:48.000Z",{"name":69,"slug":70,"count":71,"latest_published_at":72},"Consumer Tech","consumer-tech",94,"2026-07-16T16:29:46.000Z",{"name":74,"slug":75,"count":76,"latest_published_at":77},"Software","software",72,"2026-07-17T09:42:05.000Z",{"name":79,"slug":80,"count":81,"latest_published_at":82},"Science","science",66,"2026-07-10T10:29:37.000Z",{"name":84,"slug":85,"count":86,"latest_published_at":87},"Dev Tools","dev-tools",60,"2026-07-16T16:59:13.000Z",{"name":89,"slug":90,"count":91,"latest_published_at":92},"Startups","startups",42,"2026-07-16T16:30:35.000Z",{"name":94,"slug":95,"count":96,"latest_published_at":97},"Gaming","gaming",41,"2026-07-09T04:00:00.000Z",{"name":99,"slug":100,"count":101,"latest_published_at":102},"General","general",29,"2026-07-10T22:28:58.000Z",{"name":104,"slug":105,"count":106,"latest_published_at":107},"Reviews","reviews",20,"2026-06-24T12:00:01.000Z",{"name":109,"slug":110,"count":111,"latest_published_at":112},"How-To","how-to",6,"2026-06-16T09:00:00.000Z"]