YouTube Is Evil
YouTube removes more than 9,000 channels relating to Ukraine war
YouTube has taken down more than 70,000 videos and 9,000 channels related to the war in Ukraine for violating content guidelines, including removal of videos that referred to the invasion as a “liberation mission”.
The platform is hugely popular in Russia, where, unlike some of its US peers, it has not been shut down despite hosting content from opposition figures such as Alexei Navalny. YouTube has also been able to operate in Russia despite cracking down on pro-Kremlin content that has broken guidelines including its major violent events policy, which prohibits denying or trivialising the invasion.
Thanks for the PR win says Putin!
The YouTube Nazi Panic was just another moral panic
We freaked out, but there was never any evidence to back it up.
Back in 2018, a friend visited me from out of town and wanted to show me some of the YouTube videos he and his friends had been watching. I quickly realized that he had gotten into alt-right content, and was now viewing it on my own YouTube account. Some of the videos, for example, featured Disney musical clips dubbed over with lyrics about how Trump would restore White power. Having read the media reports of YouTube’s algorithmic radicalization, I was immediately worried that my YouTube recommendations would from now on be full of Nazi propaganda.
Russia regulator declares YouTube a ‘terrorist in nature’
A Russian technology regulator declared YouTube’s and parent company Google’s actions as “terrorist in nature.”
The Russian regulator Roskomnadzor claimed that social media platforms are allowing advertisements that encourage Russia’s communications systems and Belarus’s train systems to be suspended. The watchdog made all of these accusations as Big Tech companies make moves against Russia due to the country’s invasion of Ukraine.
They’re right.
YouTube Searches on Genocide Games Are Filled with Chinese Propaganda
A recent analysis of YouTube search results found that users looking for videos relating to the Genocide Games are being bombarded with Chinese propaganda videos.
Dan Bongino mercilessly mocks YouTube after permanent ban
“Hilarious watching the @YouTube communists desperately try to save face after we told them to go f%^* themselves,” the account tweeted. “They’re claiming we ‘tried to evade suspension.’ Really? By posting a final video LITERALLY titled ‘Why I’m Leaving YouTube’?”
YouTube takes down music video critical of Joe Biden
An increasingly popular music video that used images of Taliban violence and slammed President Biden over the withdrawal from Afghanistan was taken down by YouTube.
Grammy-nominated singer John Ondrasik, whose “Blood on My Hands” racked up more than 250,000 views, claimed the removal of the clip was an attack on free speech.
YouTube Nukes Video Of GOP Lawmakers Discussing Constitutional Limits To COVID Vaxx Mandates
YouTube took down a video posted by the House Freedom Caucus of lawmakers discussing the constitutional limits to medically coercive vaccine mandates for the novel Wuhan coronavirus.
“Our team has reviewed your content, and, unfortunately, we think it violates our medical misinformation policy,” the company wrote without reference to the specific infraction, emphasis theirs.
YouTube moves to ban all anti-vaccine content
YouTube is moving to block and remove all content that spreads misinformation about vaccines against COVID-19 and other illnesses, such as measles, hepatitis and chicken pox.
The Google-owned online video company said in a blog post on Wednesday that any content that “falsely alleges that approved vaccines are dangerous and cause chronic health effects” will be removed.
Texas Governor Signs Law Preventing Social Media Companies From Banning People For Their Views
The law, known as HB 20, prohibits social media platforms from banning or suspending users, and removing or suppressing their content, based on political viewpoint. The bill was introduced by state Sen. Bryan Hughes partly in an effort to combat perceived censorship of conservatives by Facebook, Twitter, Google-owned YouTube, and other major tech companies.
‘Woke Reformation’ Reveals Cancel Culture’s Insidious Roots
Documentarians avoid tackling Cancel Culture for understandable reasons.
Say the wrong thing on screen, or have the wrong social media message in your digital past, and suddenly you’re the next Cancel Culture victim.
Even the 2019 docudrama “No Safe Spaces,” a brilliant expose of how woke thinking conquered the college landscape, is partially out of date thanks to Cancel Culture’s exponential rise.
Director Travis D. Brown isn’t afraid to cover Cancel Culture. He’s the driving force behind “The Woke Reformation,” a new YouTube (and Locals.com) based series examining this cultural blowtorch.
Mad Max Censored
YouTube took down one of our videos about a freedom rally last week. Twitter keeps shadow banning this account. And now the censors at Facebook are warning users about our content. Did they all get orders from Ottawa to silence me and the PPC? pic.twitter.com/jPcQLetGy2
— Maxime Bernier (@MaximeBernier) June 22, 2021
Censorship is Science? So says YouTube
“Anything that would go against World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations would be a violation of our policy, and so removal is another really important part of our policy,” Wojcicki said.
Never mind the endless examples of lies and deceit from WHO, CDC, governments in general, etc. Never mind the inconsistent messaging on masks or propaganda on vaccine efficacy from the “authorities” and “experts.” Never mind all the doctors who have actually treated patients who disagree with YouTube’s preapproved sources. Never mind the corrupt fact-checkers and shills.
YouTube Forces Political Videos It Doesn‘t Like into ‘Private‘ Mode
Google-owned YouTube is now forcing politically dissident videos into “private” mode only, limiting viewership only to the video’s uploader and preventing them from being seen by a public audience.18
The Google-owned video hosting platform recently censored a video from Republican candidate Laura Loomer in this manner.