Judge dismisses lawsuit alleging Google censorship of conservative YouTube videos

[DonViejo]

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 company’s videos are a First Amendment violation.

"PragerU’s videos weren’t excluded from Restricted Mode because of politics or ideology, as we demonstrated in our filings,” a YouTube spokesperson said in a statement. “PragerU’s allegations were meritless, both factually and legally, and the court’s ruling vindicates important legal principles that allow us to provide different choices and settings to users." PragerU filed its lawsuit in October, alleging that Google’s decision to remove some of its videos from YouTube’s 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]

1. I always thought it was

quite the other way, against liberal videos

there is every RW nutjob on there

[LeftInTX]

2. PragerU is still on YouTube and has 1.3 million subscribers

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.

[docgee]

3. I didn't know conservatism was a protected group against discrimination...