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by legitster 265 days ago
If you read the actual letter they link, this summary is misleading https://judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/republicans-j...

The administration pressured them in regards to Covid-19 and election interference content, but the Counsel makes it extremely clear that Youtube did not comply.
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billy99k 265 days ago
"The administration pressured them in regards to Covid-19 and election interference content"

Then why did thousands of accounts get banned for political speech? I've been seeing people screaming about the FCC 'pressuring' ABC to fire Jimmy Kimmel.

Yet, this, which was actually known a few years ago, is all but silenced in the mainstream news and on Facebook.

I would ask why, but we all know why.

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legitster 265 days ago
They were banned for violating Community Guidelines, not for political speech: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/9288567?hl=en
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OCASMv2 264 days ago
Which community guidelines did they violate?
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