The new channel’s main page and each video page includes a disclaimer: “This account in not run by Tommy Robinson”, but Robinson has been distributing the videos on his TR News website and to his Telegram channel. On several occasions in recent days, TR News has featured YouTube videos on the channel.



The channel also carries multiple links to his main campaign website.

Shortly before this article was published, and after BuzzFeed News approached YouTube for comment, another line was added to the channel's main page: "This account is operated by the campaign to elect Tommy Robinson as MEP for North West, England."



Unlike Robinson’s main channel which features YouTube’s black warnings at the start of each video and doesn’t feature in recommendations or searches, the new channel has all the regular YouTube features enabled.

Videos show up in search and can be recommended to users, while the channel can also live-stream – one of the most effective ways Robinson was able to gain more than 300,000 subscribers on the main channel. The new one is much smaller with just over 5,000 so far.

In the last 48 hours, five Robinson videos have been posted, including one titled “Tommy Robinson NEEDS your help”, which features the former English Defence League leader asking for money to help his campaign and directing viewers to the donation page on his website.

The ease with which the new channel has got round YouTube’s restrictions on Robinson illustrates how US tech platforms are struggling to come up with policies on the hoof that deal with UK far-right personalities posting on their platforms during the EU election campaign.