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British Government Told to Pound Sand after Demanding Rumble Shut Down Russell Brand

Rumble received a chilling letter from the British government, demanding that the video-streaming platform should take action against popular creator Russell Brand. The letter, sent by the UK Parliament's Culture, Media and Sport Committee, pressured Rumble to penalize Brand by demonetizing his account. Brand has millions of subscribers across multiple…

YouTube Demonetizes Russell Brand despite No Policy Violations, Cites ‘Off-Platform Behavior’

Google-owned video streaming platform YouTube has demonetized Russell Brand while acknowledging that the British comedian has not violated any of the platform's policies. The move comes amid a media smear campaign against Brand. Over the weekend, several media outlets coordinated to drop reports containing allegations from multiple women that Brand…

YouTube Launches New Policies to Censor ‘Medical Misinformation’

Google-owned YouTube has launched new “medical misinformation” censorship policies, the video streaming platform has announced. According to a blog post by the popular video platform on Tuesday, YouTube will be ramping up efforts to crack down on dissenting content deemed to be "misinformation." YouTube is streamlining its existing policy into…

RFK Jr Files Lawsuit against Google over Repeated Censorship on YouTube

Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has filed a lawsuit against YouTube's parent company Google over the streaming platform's repeated efforts to censor him. Kennedy's lawsuit was filed Wednesday and accuses Google of violating his First Amendment rights. RFK Jr. contends his speeches and interviews were expunged inappropriately from the…

Democrats Demand YouTube Restores Election Censorship Policy

Democrat lawmakers are demanding that Big Tech giant Alphabet Inc. restores the election censorship policy on its video streaming platform YouTube. YouTube recently made changes to its controversial election "misinformation" policy. The Big Tech company has decided to slacken its policy reins, no longer acting as the all-mighty censor against…

YouTube Scraps ‘Election Misinformation’ Policy Ahead of 2024

Google-owned YouTube has announced that it is scrapping the video streaming platform's partisan 2020 "election misinformation" policy ahead of the 2024 cycle. Since the 2020 election, YouTube has been enforcing rules that remove content and suspend accounts that violate the policy. However, like other Big Tech platforms' "misinformation" rules, the…

YouTuber Admits Intentionally Crashing Plane for Views, Faces 20 Years in Prison

A YouTube star has admitted to intentionally crashing a plane into a mountain to get more views on the video-streaming platform and secure sponsorship deals. Trevor Jacob is a former Olympic snowboarder-turned-YouTuber. In a shocking video, Jacob jumped out of a fully-functioning single-manned plane mid-flight and filmed himself parachuting to…

Trump Gets Huge Win as YouTube Lifts Ban Ahead of 2024 Presidential Election

President Donald Trump has just scored a big victory as Google-owned video streaming platform YouTube announced it is lifting his account restrictions. YouTube banned Trump's account just over two years ago in response to the Democrats' false claims about Jan. 6. Leslie Miller, vice president of YouTube public policy, said:…

Big Tech Companies Slash Censorship Teams as Legal Pressures Mount

Big Tech companies are making extensive cuts to their workforces amid multiple woes, according to reports. Silicon Valley firms are slashing their censorship teams as legal pressures continue to mount. Censorship teams appear to be losing steam amid growing legal scrutiny and waning popularity. The Big Tech industry is also…

Facebook Threatens to Permanently Ban Project Veritas after Pfizer Exposé

Project Veritas has been threatened with a permanent ban from Facebook and Instagram after the investigative journalism group exposed pharmaceutical giant Pfizer with a series of undercover videos. James O'Keefe's undercover reporting nonprofit secretly filmed Pfizer executive Jordon Trishton Walker making explosive admissions about his company's secret practices. As Slay…