PragerU v. YouTube | 5 Minute Video
Free speech is in jeopardy. Big Tech behemoths like YouTube, Facebook and Twitter are putting their thumbs on the free speech scale, “restricting” conservative content they don’t like. PragerU is fighting back with a lawsuit against YouTube and its parent company, Google. The real winner (or loser) will be the American public. In this video, Attorney Eric George, who is representing PragerU, lays out our case. Be the jury.
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Script:
The most important lawsuit in America right now—and perhaps the free world—is Prager University v. YouTube.
You might consider this a grandiose statement, especially since I’m the lead attorney for PragerU. I assure you, it’s not.
That’s because this case is about the most fundamental freedom Americans have: freedom of speech, as enunciated in the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.
All our freedoms—the very concept of freedom—springs from this right. Lose it, and we’re no longer free—not as individuals, and not as a nation.
I’m not willing to accept that. PragerU doesn’t accept that. And you shouldn’t, either.
Okay, so how did we get into this situation? A little background.
PragerU is what is called a 501(c)(3)—a non-profit educational media company. It’s known primarily for its five-minute videos. In 2016, viewers began to notice that certain PragerU videos were no longer available. YouTube had placed them on its “restricted” list, which prevents the videos from playing on computers using content filters to screen out violence and pornography.
PragerU assumed this was simply a case of “bad algorithms.” But YouTube said no—each “restricted” video had been reviewed by a walking, talking human. The list included such diverse titles as “Are the Police Racist?” by Heather Mac Donald, “Israel’s Legal Founding” by Alan Dershowitz, and even a video on the Ten Commandments by Dennis Prager. YouTube deemed each one unsuitable for young people, treating these videos the same as they would, say, for ones containing pornography or excessive violence. Keep in mind, this is PragerU we’re talking about—as Main Street as you can get!
And that, ultimately, turns out to be the issue.
PragerU’s center-right content—many of their videos, by the way, have no political theme at all—offends YouTube’s sensibilities. In other words, the videos aren’t being restricted to protect young people from inappropriate content; they’re being restricted to protect young people from ideas YouTube disagrees with.
We didn’t want to sue. We tried to reach an accommodation. But when YouTube wouldn’t take the “offending” videos off their restricted list—there are now 100 on that list—we had no other option. YouTube was infringing on our right to free speech. We filed in federal court in late 2017, and thereafter in California state court.
Wait a second, you might say—YouTube, which is owned by Google, is a private company. Can’t they do anything they want?
The answer is: Yes…and no.
Yes, if they are a publisher. No, if they are a public forum.
So what’s the difference? This gets right to the nub of the matter.
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PragerU shoulda't be allowed to teach lies, that won’t allow us to be free, we’ll be prisoners of misinformation. Unfortunately, that has already spread like wildfire across America, these far right entities making things up instead of following facts and science
bruh yall lost
And Youtube won. They were recognized as a "private forum". Bye bye to free yt.
I will not comment on this video as I am certain to get a "Community Guidelines Strike". The last time I was blocked for criticising the religion of peace. I will leave it at that folks.
Please win. The whole World is suffering from this problem.
Oh poor Prager-not-an-university-U, the meak advocate for the most powerfull and protected religion of north america. Who oppressed you…. this time. They tried again to apply to you what applies to all? Shame on them, dont you know you're…. special?
I disagree with pretty much everything that this channel has said, but I think everyone should be able to say what they want online
Man. They really lost?
What's the update on this lawsuit?
But you hinder the FREE market, and the Capitalism, so you are the enemy of the freedom!
Totally freedom->too much freedom->Anarchy->violence.
youtube is a private company do what it wants, those who don't like it can leave.
what a joke
damn the communist youtube xD…..
Far right the fringe even center right he said
PragerU: Whines about YouTube censorship
YouTube: runs monetized ads for PragerU and gave their child indoctrination channel the ok as kids channel
1:10: That explains why I haven't noticed it. I don't filter out violence and pornography; I'm a grown-up and I can handle both.
this is so sad
Did they win the case?
Okay, first, this argument is mis-framed, mischaracterized as censorship. It is only protecting children. Both adults, and children with permission or with clear access of any adult account, can at any time watch any of Prager's videos. Secondly if that's their complaint, and they are misdirecting the argument and keeping the facts out of that same public forum – then I give them a two-finger salute – not thumbs.
If you control the people you control the world…
This isn’t even the height of the matter. The individuals of YT responsible for all of the evil censoring of life-vital truth and warnings over the past 4 years have heavily enraged in bloodguilt-incurring, Satanic violations against God-given human rights, for persons to speak-out life-vital truth and warnings. (Romans 1: 18,32) For this, the censorers and those behind the censoring share in the bloodguilt for the deaths/ murders of countless persons; and are sharers in demonic crimes against God and humanity; for their corrupt and evil support of a 4 year long (and counting) international campaign of medical deception and terrorism. God Himself will soon be “repaying” these bloodguilty and unconscionably evil hordes and servants of Satan, in His own hard Armageddon rage and vengeance, soon. They deserve it.
Did prageru win or not ?
YouTube is a private forum and therefore not subject to free-speech requirements under the First Amendment, a US appeals court ruled today.
Racists.
A good compromise would be if YouTube were to remain a public forum and not act as a publisher. Yet, they can exercise their freedom of speech by placing a warning on any video they find offensive. They can say something like: “The following views and opinions posted in this video may be offensive to some people. Viewer discretion is advised.”
Yeah youtube does that to misinformation