Mexico president lambastes YouTube after company edits video revealing NYT journalist's number

FILE PHOTO: Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador delivers a speech to present a package of constitutional reforms, including on the judiciary, electoral system, salaries, and pensions, at the National Palace in Mexico City, Mexico February 5, 2024. REUTERS/Henry Romero/File Photo

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador criticized YouTube on Sunday night after the tech company removed the video of a news conference in which the leader revealed the private telephone number of the New York Times' Mexico bureau chief.

The platform said the video had violated their policies on harassment and cyberbullying. It later republished an edited version without the reporter's private information.