How YouTube behaves when it goes to court
June 13, 2022
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Episode 713 · June 13, 2022
How YouTube behaves when it goes to court
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<p>Last week, a legal battle involving the Australian YouTube sensation Friendlyjordies and the former deputy premier of NSW John Barilaro came to an end, with a judge finding the YouTube videos from 2020 were ‘replete with racist, hate-filled rants’.</p><p>But it wasn’t the comedian Friendlyjordies who was in court this time. It was the owners of YouTube, Google.</p><p>So what did we learn about how Google runs YouTube? How does it police speech? And how does that stack up with Google’s public image?</p><p>Today, defamation lawyer Hannah Marshall, on Barilaro versus Google and what the outcome of the case reveals about one of the most powerful companies in the world.</p><p><br /></p><p><strong>Guest:</strong> Lawyer and contributor to <em>The Saturday Paper</em>, Hannah Marshall.</p><p><br /></p><p>Stay in touch with us on <a href="http://www.twitter.com/7ampodcast">Twitter</a> and <a href="http://www.instagram.com/7ampodcast">Instagram</a></p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>
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