Advocacy Group Urges Boycott of 62 YouTube Channels

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Advocacy Group Urges Boycott of 62 YouTube Channels

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The German advocacy organization Campact has initiated a campaign urging businesses to withdraw their advertisements from 62 specific YouTube channels. Campact alleges that many of these channels are connected to the far-right AfD party and promote “inhuman” content. The criteria used by Campact to compile this list have been described as opaque.

This action is part of Campact’s broader engagement with online content regulation. In January 2026, the group launched a petition to ban deepfakes of real people, highlighting concerns about AI-generated violent videos and the spread of illegal content. Campact has also previously advocated for the removal of AfD accounts from TikTok, citing the party’s use of the platform to disseminate what they describe as “inhuman propaganda” to millions, particularly young people.

The organization has a history of calling for advertiser boycotts to pressure social media platforms. In January 2021, Campact joined civil rights groups in threatening an advertiser boycott against YouTube if the platform did not ban then-President Donald Trump’s channel, arguing it was used to spread misinformation. Other boycott movements against YouTube have also emerged, such as a user-led boycott in August 2025 protesting an AI-based age estimation system that requires ID verification.

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