Caution: Court Ruling Allows Google and YouTube to Restrict conservative content throughout the 2020 election period.

Warning: Court Says Google and YouTube Can Censor Conservative Content During the 2020 Election Cycle

Craig HueyConstitutional Rights, Culture Wars, Free Internet, Freedom of Speech, Politics

Beware…

You may have trouble finding conservative content on the internet during the spring and summer months leading up to the November election.

Why?

Because a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals has ruled that YouTube – owned by Google – can censor any content it doesn’t like.

This means Google can do the same thing.

Why?

Because it’s a private forum – and therefore not bound by the First Amendment guarantee of freedom of speech.

PragerU – a nonprofit organization that creates short videos on political, economic and philosophical topics – had filed a lawsuit against YouTube, accusing it of ideologically-driven discrimination after some of its videos were blocked or restricted for mature audiences.

But the court dismissed the lawsuit … noting that YouTube is a private forum and therefore doesn’t have to publish conservative content with which it disagrees. What do you think? Do you agree with the court? Email me at [email protected].

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