UPDATE: YouTube has provided a spokesperson NewsBusters with the following statement after the removal:
“We removed content from the CPAC channel for violating our election integrity policy, which prohibits content that advances false claims that widespread fraud changed the outcome of the 2020 U.S. presidential election, such as claiming that the election was rigged. Our policies apply to everyone, regardless of the uploader’s political views, and while we do allow content that provides additional context such as countervailing views, the content we removed from this channel was footage that did not provide sufficient context.”
YouTube removed hours of speeches from Congressional members that were live-streamed at last month’s Conservative Political Action Committee (CPAC).
Federalist reported that the platform, which is owned by Google, removed videos from speakers like former President Donald Trump that discussed Big Tech’s alleged meddling in the 2020 election. Speeches from Reps. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) and Lauren Boebert (R-CO) we’re also reportedly removed.
Biggs stated that there had been no notification of removal.
Biggs stated in a Twitter interview that the only thing YouTube gave us was a notice about our videos being flagged for misinformation. post. “No further details were given. “We appealed, and we learned recently that all appeals were’rejected’.”
Boebert also replied to the removal via Twitter.
She said that Youtube’s censorship was “completely ridiculous”. tweeted. “Two whole days of CPAC were just taken off the website, including my speech.”
CPAC Chairman Matt Schlapp slammed the decision and said the organization’s channel received a “strike.” YouTube “strikes” can result in suspensions or permanent bans if a certain number is accumulated.
“Regardless of your personal beliefs and those of your senior leadership (not to mention your absolute liberal bias), there remain very serious questions about the way the 2020 election was conducted. These questions are not answered by censoring the content. Indeed, it is telling you offer no evidence that would demonstrate any falsity in the content you censored,” Schlapp wrote in a letter to Google according to Breitbart.
CPAC’s YouTube channel had close to 43,000 viewers at the time that the video was taken down.
Rachel Bovard–a board advisor for MRC Free Speech America and the Senior Tech Columnist at Federalist whose segment with the publication’s co-founder Sean Davis and Sen. James Lankford (R-OK) was also removed–told the publication that the removal was part of a pattern of censorship:
“In a matter of weeks, Big Tech platforms have banned speech identifying biological men as men, removed video of a sitting U.S. senator criticizing them, banned a news service for streaming a speech from former President Trump, and changed policy to allow calls for assassinations, as long as they’re against Russians. These are some of the most powerful speech platforms around the globe and they actively work to promote free speech in America. They aren’t scared of their users, and they aren’t scared of Congress. They can’t be ashamed. It’s time for Congress to act aggressively.”
“In America, the people rule. Not tech tyrants. The time for our self-government to act is growing more urgent by the day,” she added.
Conservatives are being attacked. Contact your local representative and demand that Big Tech be held to account to mirror the First Amendment while providing transparency, clarity on “hate speech” and equal footing for conservatives. If you have been censored, contact us using CensorTrack’s Contact formHelp us to hold Big Tech responsible.
This post was last modified on March 25, 2022 2:46 pm
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