Technology

Still With This? U.K. Politicians Flee YouTube as Election Ads Turn Up on Extremist Video

Theresa May, U.K. prime minister and leader of the Conservative Party, speaks at a general-election campaign event on Tuesday. (Gerry Penny/Pool via Bloomberg)
June 07, 2017 04:47 PM

Britons watching pro-jihadist Youtube videos last week may have received pre-roll campaign messaging from none other than Theresa May, London's Sunday Times reported, leading Britain's three largest political parties to pull all YouTube advertising before tomorrow's general election.

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