TAG Bulletin: Q3 2025

According to Threat Analysis Group, the Q3 2025 bulletin documents coordinated influence operation campaigns terminated on their platforms during July, August and September. In July, a series of removals included 5 YouTube channels linked to Russia, then 382 YouTube channels tied to a Russian consulting firm, 132 channels also Russian, and 13 channels across Romanian, Polish, French, German and Russian content supporting Russia and criticising Ukraine and the West.

Other July actions encompassed 12 YouTube channels and 1 Ads account, plus 4 domains blocked from Google News surfaces and Discover amid Armenian, Bahasa Indonesia, Farsi and Russian content supportive of Russia or critical of NATO and the West, and 39, 114 and 501 YouTube channels targeting Russia, Turkey and the PRC respectively.

The PRC-related removals consisted of 2,497 YouTube channels, 1 Blogger blog and 3 domains; Indonesia, Azerbaijan and Iran campaigns also feature large-scale removals, including 445 channels for Indonesia and 1,119 channels for Azerbaijan. Overall, the bulletin highlights extensive takedowns of coordinated influence operations across multiple countries and languages.