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Google deleted / censored CSPAN video of a Senator on the floor of the Senate[0]. [0] https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/01/c-span-video-of-rand-paul-readin

Google deleted / censored CSPAN video of a Senator on the floor of the Senate[0]. [0] https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/01/c-span-video-of-rand-paul-reading-censored-impeachment-trial-question-taken-down-on-twitter/ https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/01/c-span-video-of-ran...

Thorrez 6y ago
That article is about a Tweet being taken down, not about Google. Also that article says > It is not clear whether C-SPAN or Twitter took down the video.
- RandomTisk 6y ago
  My bad, here's a better link. It's hard to find a "mainstream" source because most of the old media is ignoring a lot of newsworthy items these days. https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2020/02/13/rand-paul-blasts-youtube-over-censorship-of-speech-on-senate-floor/ https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2020/02/13/rand-paul-blasts-y... It's widely known that Google/Youtube took down any videos where the name of the supposed whistleblower were being mentioned, at least according to a lot of regular content creators who had videos deleted or shadow banned.
  - iso947 6y ago
    Think about why the only sources you can find are those which Wikipedia says “The site has published a number of falsehoods, conspiracy theories, and intentionally misleading stories.”
    - jexah 6y ago
      Remembering that Wikipedia is also heavily biased.
      - opnitro 6y ago
        Yes, however Brietbart used to have a section called "Black Crime"
        RandomTisk 6y ago
        Link? Also, a major political party used to be pro-slavery, so acknowledging and removing mistakes should be considered a good thing.
  - ifjdndixi 6y ago
    Breitbart Fuck you asshole.
    - RandomTisk 6y ago
      Killing the messenger doesn't change the message.
  - zimpenfish 6y ago
    > Google/Youtube took down any videos where the name of the supposed whistleblower were being mentioned Presumably because they didn't want to be exposed to the legal ramifications of broadcasting a crime?
    - Thorrez 6y ago
      Broadcasting a crime is illegal?
      - zimpenfish 6y ago
        https://edition.cnn.com/2019/11/08/politics/legal-question-out-whistleblower/index.html https://edition.cnn.com/2019/11/08/politics/legal-question-o... > According to the Intelligence Identities Protection Act of 1982, the disclosure of a whistleblower's name could be a criminal offense if it is intentional, unauthorized and "the United States is taking affirmative measures to conceal the covert agent's foreign intelligence relationship to the United States." But as many pages about the Whistleblower Act will tell you, this kind of thing is uncharted territory and presumably the exact kind of uncharted territory that gives expensive lawyers for large media companies extreme willies.

Thorrez 6y ago

That article is about a Tweet being taken down, not about Google. Also that article says > It is not clear whether C-SPAN or Twitter took down the video.

RandomTisk 6y ago
My bad, here's a better link. It's hard to find a "mainstream" source because most of the old media is ignoring a lot of newsworthy items these days. https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2020/02/13/rand-paul-blasts-youtube-over-censorship-of-speech-on-senate-floor/ https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2020/02/13/rand-paul-blasts-y... It's widely known that Google/Youtube took down any videos where the name of the supposed whistleblower were being mentioned, at least according to a lot of regular content creators who had videos deleted or shadow banned.
- iso947 6y ago
  Think about why the only sources you can find are those which Wikipedia says “The site has published a number of falsehoods, conspiracy theories, and intentionally misleading stories.”
  - jexah 6y ago
    Remembering that Wikipedia is also heavily biased.
    - opnitro 6y ago
      Yes, however Brietbart used to have a section called "Black Crime"
      - RandomTisk 6y ago
        Link? Also, a major political party used to be pro-slavery, so acknowledging and removing mistakes should be considered a good thing.
- ifjdndixi 6y ago
  Breitbart Fuck you asshole.
  - RandomTisk 6y ago
    Killing the messenger doesn't change the message.
- zimpenfish 6y ago
  > Google/Youtube took down any videos where the name of the supposed whistleblower were being mentioned Presumably because they didn't want to be exposed to the legal ramifications of broadcasting a crime?
  - Thorrez 6y ago
    Broadcasting a crime is illegal?
    - zimpenfish 6y ago
      https://edition.cnn.com/2019/11/08/politics/legal-question-out-whistleblower/index.html https://edition.cnn.com/2019/11/08/politics/legal-question-o... > According to the Intelligence Identities Protection Act of 1982, the disclosure of a whistleblower's name could be a criminal offense if it is intentional, unauthorized and "the United States is taking affirmative measures to conceal the covert agent's foreign intelligence relationship to the United States." But as many pages about the Whistleblower Act will tell you, this kind of thing is uncharted territory and presumably the exact kind of uncharted territory that gives expensive lawyers for large media companies extreme willies.