“Election Denial” for Me, But Not for Thee: YouTube Censors TK-Produced Videos, Again, Despite Factual Accuracy
YouTube initially tried to demonetize both videos. After a fuss they reversed the decision about the first. Now they ve taken a more drastic step, not only deleting the second video but two earlier rough-cut versions that were never even shown to the public but lived on his site. (This is another mad feature of the content moderation era: you can be censored and punished for pre-publication thinking). They also gave Orfalea a strike, leaving him two away from being removed from the site, which would essentially put him out of business.
YouTube s decision claims the second video contains claims that past US presidential elections were rigged or stolen, and our election integrity policy prohibits content that advances false claims that widespread fraud, errors, or glitches occurred in US presidential elections. Moreover, countervailing views, which we refer to as EDSA context, on those remarks are not provided in the video, audio, title, or description.
Matt Taibbi.
YouTube should be made a into public utility, proclaimed a common carrier, sued for violating its terms of service, broken up into ten regional entities, and its owners made to stand in the snow with no shoes on until they repent. To start with.