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I'm Deleting My Channel [Not a Joke] (youtube.com)
6 points by drummer on May 29, 2022 | hide | past | favorite | 5 comments


Nobody is saying what he’s being censored for, and I don’t care to graze videos to find out. If it’s religious in nature, that’s a topic that can (easily) piss people off. Particularly if done in a “comparative” approach. YouTube exists by selling ads and keeping viewers so they have to be careful with anything more controversial than kittens and huskies.


> Nobody is saying what he’s being censored for

In the first 3 minutes of the video:

"I interviewed the friend of a girl who had been murdered by her family in an honor killing, that video was banned, for hate speech. I made a video condemning cartoon killings - banned for hate speech. I made a video criticizing the British legal system for helping child traffickers - banned for hate speech. I've made several videos criticizing the persecution of Hindus - those are always fine. I've made several videos criticizing the persecution of Muslims - those are always fine. But I've been repeatedly banned for posting videos of persecution of Christians in places like Pakistan - Youtube just doesn't want me talking about it. [..] Meanwhile if you're a popular youtuber calling for the execution of ex-Muslims, you're fine on youtube <example video shown>. If you're a sheikh, telling your followers to prepare for the future when they'll go door to door, giving people the option to convert, pay protection money, or be murdered, you're fine on Youtube <example video shown>."


This fellow is not alone. I remember when YouTube censorship was unbelievably rare. Now I run into censorship every week.


If you don’t want your host to censor what you post, host it yourself. There’s no right that requires others to provide you a platform.


That doesn't mean one should keep quiet about hypocritical censorship.

Besides, he's not claiming that what youtube is doing is illegal, so arguing that there's no right to a platform is arguing against a strawman.




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