Against the backdrop of the allegations of sexual and assault claims against the late founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nation, SCOAN, Prophet TB Joshua, popular video hosting platform, YouTube has removed the church’s main channel.
Emmanuel TV is used to broadcast the religious activities performed by the church.
This is coming on the heels of the controversial documentary reports by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) about the allegations of torture and rape perpetrated by TB Joshua.
However, YouTube said the channel was removed over violation of its policy.
“The flagged channel was terminated for violating our hate speech policies,” Youtube said.
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YouTube has policies against cyberbullying and harassment and specifically forbids harassment against survivors of sexual violence.
Earlier this month, BBC released a documentary where some of his former associates accused TB Joshua of sexually and physically assaulting them while he was alive.
Africa Today News, New York reports that is coming a fortnight after Multichoice DStv informed its viewers that it has decided to stop the broadcast of the religious TV network, Emmanuel TV amid recent controversies involving the late televangelist who founded the network.
In a message on screen, Multichoice said the discontinuation will take effect from January 17, 2024.
The message read, “Dear viewer, please note that Emmanuel TV will exit on the 17th of January 2024. Thank you for watching.”
Aside parting ways with MultiChoice, Emmanuel TV will also discontinue service on StarSat and various other pay-TV platforms.
This development followed a controversial three-part documentary produced by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), which alleged atrocities and sexual crimes committed against the late TB Joshua towards his disciples.