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Instance of Google/YouTube Bias: 300+ Trump Ads Removed

YouTube took down more than 300 ads from President Donald Trumps election campaign in what is only the latest example of the company fighting with the right.

This was only the latest in a series of anti-conservative controversies involving YouTube and its sister company Google.

Liberal professor Dr. Robert Epstein cited in a documentary the Creepy Line how Google manipulates search results in order to influence elections.

Googles Trust and Safety Council reportedly operated using a blacklist which included Matt Walshs blog, Gary Norths blog, American Spectator, the Conservative Tribune, and the Gateway Pundit.

An internal document referred to as The Good Censorwas reportedly produced by Google and leaked exclusively to Breitbart.

The document indicated that Google saw itself as having a social responsibility to manage the online conversation following Trumps election and suggested further that the American tradition of free speech on the internet is no longer viable.

YouTube has also specifically created a Twiddler system for boosting and deboosting content, essentially rigging the order of search results based upon various political keywords, according to a 950-page leak from Google whistleblower Zachary Vorhies.

The news of this latest bit of bias from Google/YouTube broke following a 60 Minutes interview of YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki.

During the interview, 60 Minutescorrespondent Lesley Stahl noted that President Trump has been advertising a lot on YouTube lately, and asked whether any of his ads have been taken down.

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  2. "Dave Rubin has launched two platforms on the same day, which he believes could solve the free speech and censorship problem online. In a Dec. 4 livestream, the host of the Rubin Report Dave Rubin described two platforms he created, Locals.com and the Rubin Report app, which have gone public today. Rubin said that he created the platforms to help solve the massive problems with Big Tech that we all know exist, including things like deplatforming, algorithmic suppression and shadow banning. Locals.com, he said, will be where creators, as long as they are not engaging in illegal activity, will be able to establish online communities and be fundraised by their fans. Youre going to set your rules, whatever rules you want for your community, he said". (December 14, 2019)
  3. "Some content creators are concerned about the direction platforms are taking after recent policy change announcements. Will free speech be allowed on social media? YouTubes Vice President and Global Head of Trust & Safety Matt Halprin released a blog on Wednesday, Dec. 11, titled An update to our harassment policy. Halprin proclaimed in the blog that YouTube would be taking a harder stance on malicious insults, veiled threats via simulated violence and hate speech. Content creators ranging from gamers like PewDiePie to conservatives like Steven Crowder across the political spectrum saw this vague and slippery update as potentially damning for the platforms future". (December 16, 2019)
  4. "After taking a stand for free speech on several occasions, is Facebook now backsliding? Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg decided to take a pro-free speech stand and allowed political ads without fact-checking as early as October 2019, and amidst pressure from the left, the Big Tech CEO has even doubled down on his pro-free speech remarks. But according to sources speaking to The Washington Post, Facebook has weighed whether to label political ads to indicate they have not been fact-checked, rather than vetting what candidates say, one of a series of proposals the company has floated leading up to the 2020 election". (December 14, 2019)
  5. "Facebook has taken some free speech stances that drew heavy criticism from fellow Big Tech companies, liberal commentators, and now the Democratic primary frontrunner. Former vice-president Joe Biden told The New York Times editorial board that Section 230 should be revoked, immediately for Big Tech companies. The Times called that provision pretty foundational to the internet. Biden spoke with The Times editorial board as it tried to determine which candidate to endorse as an organization. In the 80-minute discussion, Biden hammered Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and threatened to repeal the legislation that was intended to protect free speech on the internet". (January 17, 2020)
  6. "LGBTQ Privilege? YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki said the company consults with the LBGTQ community to make sure they dont feel they are being censored. Wouldnt it be nice if conservatives had such a seemingly favored group? Wojcicki spoke to Eugene Lee Yang of The Try Guys on Dec. 16 regarding YouTubes harassment policy update and apparent efforts to appease the LGBTQ creator communitys concerns. Every single time we make a change, she emphasized, one of the factors measured is the impact on a set of LGBTQ creator videos. She also described how YouTube proclaimed it will deplatform creators, even those who have technically followed the rules, if they are perceived as repeatedly pushing the envelope of critiquing groups with a protected status". (December 19, 2019)
  7. "As the hashtag #youtubeisoverparty trended following a YouTube policy update, Steven Crowder warned viewers and fellow creators their days on the platform may be numbered. Yesterday, YouTubes Vice President and Global Head of Trust & Safety Matt Halprin released a policy update titled An update to our harassment policy, which YouTube explained will allow it to crack down on harassment -- all under the guise of protecting its users". (December 14, 2019)
  8. "A former Facebook employee says that social media companies owe it to democracy to increase restrictions on Facebooks political advertising and fix the mess they allegedly created. Facebooks former government and politics client partner Clare ODonoghue Veliki wrote an article for The Guardian on Dec. 6 on how to fix social medias political ads problem". (December 14, 2019)
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