Judge dismisses lawsuit alleging Google censorship of conservative YouTube videos
Source: The Hill
BY HARPER NEIDIG - 03/27/18 11:55 AM EDT
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit against Google filed by the conservative educational site PragerU that alleged the internet giant was censoring its YouTube videos.
U.S. District Court Judge Lucy Koh wrote in her decision on Monday that PragerU had failed to demonstrate that age restrictions imposed on the companys videos are a First Amendment violation.
"PragerUs videos werent excluded from Restricted Mode because of politics or ideology, as we demonstrated in our filings, a YouTube spokesperson said in a statement. PragerUs allegations were meritless, both factually and legally, and the courts ruling vindicates important legal principles that allow us to provide different choices and settings to users." PragerU filed its lawsuit in October, alleging that Googles decision to remove some of its videos from YouTubes restricted mode, which filters out certain videos for younger audiences, was motivated by a prejudice against conservatives.
The list of age-restricted videos included segments like The most important question about abortion, Where are the moderate Muslims? and Is Islam a religion of peace?
Read more: http://thehill.com/policy/technology/380455-judge-dismisses-lawsuit-alleging-google-censorship-of-conservative-youtube
bucolic_frolic
(43,286 posts)quite the other way, against liberal videos
there is every RW nutjob on there
LeftInTX
(25,552 posts)From what I read only a few of their videos are supposedly age-restricted.
What really sucks is the referenced videos are not age-restricted. I was able to watch them in a private browser with no age prompt.