Valin Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 The Hill Harper Neidig 10/24/17 PragerU, a conservative educational site, is suing Google and its subsidiary YouTube, accusing the video site of censoring its online videos because of their political leanings. The company filed the suit on Monday, saying that YouTube had been “restricting” some of their videos, which cuts them off to viewers with certain parental settings and prevents them from generating ad revenue. “Watch any one of our videos and you’ll immediately realize that Google/YouTube censorship is entirely ideologically driven,” Dennis Prager, PragerU founder, said in a statement. “For the record, our videos are presented by some of the finest minds in the Western world, including four Pulitzer Prize winners, former prime ministers, and professors from the most prestigious universities in America,” he said. (Snip) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted October 27, 2017 Author Share Posted October 27, 2017 Two Views First the Evil Ultra Right Hateful Haters..... Secondly Secular Talk Language Alert, because nothing makes your point more cogent than F Bombs. A Small Simple question....Kyle, what have you done to counter this...besides flat your lips and prove to the world you are and expert at cursing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted October 29, 2017 Author Share Posted October 29, 2017 YouTube and PragerU’s Lawsuit: The Case for Prager Oct 29 2017 I didn’t want to duplicate anything that had been was written already. It took a while but I read all the comments on Should Conservatives Sue Private Media Companies. I think people are looking at this the wrong way. Yes, YouTube is a private company, but that isn’t the only consideration at play. Like everyone else, I don’t buy the public forum argument against viewpoint discrimination, unless there’s relevant state law in California on the matter (which was alluded to) or unless there’s evidence that YouTube is using its near monopoly in a way that unfairly stifles competition and violates antitrust law. However, the question isn’t, “did YouTube violate the First Amendment?” The First Amendment case is just one argument PragerU makes in their brief (and the question is about suing). There’s a second argument that I think should win. (Snip) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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