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YouTube removes journalist's video about Pinterest's censorship of Christian, pro-life content—without explanation

The battle for freedom of speech online continues to escalate, with the latest development being YouTube censoring ...



The battle for freedom of speech online continues to escalate, with the latest development being YouTube censoring a journalist's video about Pinterest's censorship of Christian and pro-life content.

What's this about?

Earlier this week, Pinterest placed the pro-life organization Live Action on a list of blocked pornography sites. Later, Live Action was blocked from the platform altogether.

A representative for Live Action said Pinterest notified the organization that they had been "permanently suspended because its content went against our policies on misinformation." In a statement to Fortune, Pinterest cited misinformation and health-related conspiracies as the reason.

"Pinterest has targeted Live Action, I believe, because our message is so effective at educating millions about the humanity of the preborn child and the injustice of abortion," Live Action founder Lila Rose said, according to the Catholic News Agency. "Pinterest users deserve to know the truth and our messages deserve to be treated fairly. If Planned Parenthood can promote their message on Pinterest, then Live Action should be able to as well."

How did YouTube get involved?

Independent journalist Tim Pool posted a video on YouTube highlighting a Project Veritas report citing a Pinterest insider revealing specific targeting of Christian and pro-life content on the platform.

In addition to showing that Live Action had been censored, the Veritas report also showed that terms such as "bible verses" had been placed on a "sensitive" list.

Pool's video was removed from YouTube, and he said he was given no explanation.

"Youtube has removed my video on Censorship at Pinterest without notifying me or explaining what happened. I have no opportunity to appeal," Pool wrote on Twitter.


Growing trend?


Incidents of sometimes unexplained censorship on social media platforms are seemingly being reported with increasing frequency. Pinterest denied blocking content for religious purposes, but did seem to acknowledge to Project Veritas that it takes steps to "protect" users by filtering content based on religion.

"Religious content is allowed on Pinterest, and many people use our service to search for and save Pins inspired by their beliefs," a company statement read. "To protect our users from being targeted based on personal characteristics such as their religion, we have policies in place so that ads and recommendations don't appear alongside certain terms." 

1 comment

  1. The thing is, nothing will happen unless it reatches an crtical mass, I didnt bother to yel that much, since it became ineviatable anyway, the question was more, how far, and now, it is, dont forget this, as much about corporate hegmony in an clickbyte fueled news world, search algos, etc sold to others as an way of controling marked, and now all the bigg ones as the Bozo led Amazon, chopping of an life line for an lot of smal corps, etc, to Goolag whom creates whatever they want and calls it an seach result my ass, tailor made is an equally ilution of filtered shit, shit in, shit out.


    The second thing, we do we care, we in the name of God in heaven do we f.... care, we need platforms more than we need an shithole like Gooolag, chapice, when they are alive, like WRH, where we may disagree in some of it, mainly some basket cases pretending to be news sites, hurf..... hasbaRats galore, and even I dont always agrees with my wife, I can live with it, since I am an hard core free speach kind of guy.
    If you dont like it, so go somewhere else.


    The third, sooner or later, it will backfire, how far it must go before it kicks back is intresting, right now, growing, an undercurent that is growing, as they educate them selfs, and opens their eyes to the real world, yeah, as said, it will hit something, but what, We the People awakens and starts to build gallows and guiljotines, or walk straight into the vally of darkness, doomed to be an slave.
    And of course, think back, ten years or so, to the present, the control have escalated, but so have the alternatives to, there is always another way, always, just look to Italy, and the Yellow vest whom is under sege.


    peace

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