The YouTube channel features regular videos of national addresses, as well as conversations with ministers, former officials, and medical professionals, with the president personally having expressed his critical views of lockdowns, mask wearing, and vaccination programs. One of the videos removed by YouTube featured the country’s former health minister, Eduardo …
Read More »YouTube is censoring ‘normal discourse’ & punishing those who fight back, content creator targeted by platform tells RT
Orfalea is speaking from experience: Last week he received a ‘strike’ and had his channel demonetized for allegedly violating the company’s policy prohibiting “violent criminal organizations.” The flagged video was a seven-year-old satirical fake Starbucks ad, which referred to the coffee chain’s “insanely overpriced beverages for psychopaths.” YouTube later admitted …
Read More »Satirical content creator censored by YouTube ‘in error’ weeks after criticizing YouTube censorship
Orfalea is a leftist video content creator best known for his inspiring viral 2019 video blasting mainstream media for its skewed coverage of the Bernie Sanders presidential campaign. His YouTube channel has over 53,000 subscribers interested in his anti-establishment political commentary. Lately, however, the platform seems to have ratcheted up …
Read More »Mexican YouTube star arrested on child porn charge after sharing video showing gang rape of teen
A Mexico City judge has ruled that Yoseline Hoffman, who goes by the name of ‘YosStop’, should be held without bail for the next two months as authorities investigate the allegations against her. The internet celebrity boasts seven million followers on Instagram and more than eight million on YouTube. The …
Read More »Bitter feud among YouTube Left escalates as TYT’s Cenk Uygur suggests Glenn Greenwald ‘not a journalist’
An expanding mud storm engulfing non-legacy left-wing media in the US has claimed another participant. Greenwald has been accused by TYT’s Uygur of committing all sorts of journalistic sins after he weighed in on the bitter conflict between the outlet and other prominent voices on YouTube’s political Left, including Jimmy …
Read More »‘Black people can only blame themselves for their poor decisions,’ says YouTube star who went viral attacking Critical Race Theory
The last election was the first time Ty Smith, aged 39, cast a vote, and he marked his ballot in favour of Donald Trump. Two years ago, the Illinois native had no interest in politics and by his own admission didn’t know what a Democrat or Republican was. That what’s …
Read More »YouTube APOLOGIZES, reverses ‘permanent ban’ on pro-censorship pressure group Right Wing Watch
The group, which says it “monitors and exposes the activities of Radical Right political organizations,” found itself permanently banned earlier on Monday for “severe or repeated violations” of YouTube’s terms of service. The Google-owned platform confirmed the decision after initial appeal, leaving Right Wing Watch furious and conservative pundits gloating …
Read More »YouTube suspends Senator Ron Johnson for Covid-19 ‘misinformation’
Johnson was suspended from posting new content to his channel for one week, apparently because of a video in which he discussed alternative Covid-19 treatments. A YouTube spokesman told The Hill on Friday that the offending video, which was removed from the platform, violated its policy against speech encouraging people …
Read More »YouTube video creators lash out at corporate greed after platform forces ads on small channels, whether they like it or not
The Google-owned video-sharing platform is giving itself some additional space to profit from the content it hosts. Once the updated rules come into force in June, YouTube will start putting ads on channels that have too few subscribers and views to qualify for its Partner Program, a mechanism that allows …
Read More »Steven Crowder may win his fight with YouTube… but it won’t be a turning point for censored conservatives
Over the course of the last decade, Steven Crowder has become one of the biggest names in conservative media. Hosting one of the few shows anywhere that could be considered a conservative alternative to late night TV, Crowder’s main platform has been YouTube, as opposed to a major network. However, …
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