YouTube Bans Steven Crowder From Platform For Rest Of The Year
Political commentator Steven Crowder was banned from Youtube for the rest of this year over vague claims of “hate speech”. Crowder and his team were not informed of what specifically triggered the ban.
Youtube’s policy on “hate speech” is:
Hate speech is not allowed on YouTube. We remove content promoting violence or hatred against individuals or groups based on any of the following attributes:
- Age
- Caste
- Disability
- Ethnicity
- Gender Identity and Expression
- Nationality
- Race
- Immigration Status
- Religion
- Sex/Gender
- Sexual Orientation
- Victims of a major violent event and their kin
- Veteran Status
Crowder and his team tore into Youtube for not informing them of when they violated the “catchall” “hate speech” policy. Crowder also mocked that he can’t read the CEO’s mind. “Somebody gets offended: ‘hate speech’. How about, if you’re trying to improve the environment, you help us understand where we went wrong.”
We're striked and off of YouTube but you can still watch the full show live on @rumblevideo (https://t.co/oHU5todRqF) and on #MugClub pic.twitter.com/qEObZGL82s
— Steven Crowder (@scrowder) December 15, 2021
In May, Crowder also faced another temporary ban. Back then, the team also failed to get clarification or transparency from Youtube on the cause of the ban. Back in May Crowder was banned for violation of Youtube’s harassment, threats, and cyberbullying policy.
The harassment, threats, and cyberbullying policy reads:
YouTube Creators share their opinions on a wide range of different topics. However, there’s a line between passionate debate and malicious harassment. Content containing targeted harassment including, but not limited to, stalking, threats, bullying, and intimidation is not allowed on YouTube.
Trying to figure out what exactly the Crowder team did to violate the policy, they asked Youtube for more clarity. Youtube responded, saying, “In particular, this video violated the aspect of the policy that prohibits “content reveling in or mocking the death or serious injury of an identifiable individual.” Accordingly, the video has been removed and a strike has been applied to the Steven Crowder channel. This constitutes the second active strike on the Steven Crowder channel and, as a result, uploads are now suspended for two weeks.”
Crowder claimed to have sued Youtube in May, saying, “As of last Thursday, May 14, my lawyer Bill Richmond and I have filed a notice of a lawsuit against YouTube and are seeking an injunction to prevent them, to stop them from currently deplatforming us,” he told viewers. “We’ve officially sent a notice of a lawsuit. Very different level – this is the big one, boys and girls.”
Crowder added following the lawsuit announcement, “This really isn’t just about us. We can find ways that we can broadcast to you. But this is the world’s most powerful company – arguably, when you look at YouTube, Google, Alphabet – and they make sure that they ghost you where people cannot find, not us, but the point of view.”
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