YouTube Bans Conspiracy Watchdog

Right Wing Watch, a People For the American Way media watchdog that exposes right-wing conspiracies, has been banned by YouTube. UPDATE: YouTube has reversed their decision. Sam Seder and the Majority Report Crew discuss.

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I JUST SAW EARLIER BEFORE WE WENT ON AIR THAT YOUTUBE SHUT DOWN RIGHT WING WATCH'S YOUTUBE CHANNEL REALLY AND THEY APPEALED AND YOUTUBE SAID NO WHAT WAS WHAT WAS THE REASONING I'M I HAVEN'T LOOKED FURTHER INTO IT BUT I MEAN THAT'S PRETTY I MEAN THAT'S IT LOOKS LIKE THE THING WHERE LIKE AN AUTOMATED THING AND THEN THEY REVIEWED IT AND SAID OH YEAH THIS IS TOO MUCH UH RIGHT-WING CONTENT WHICH IS WELL HERE'S THE THING HERE'S THE WAY IT WORKS AND THIS IS WHAT LIKE YOU KNOW AGAIN THIS TO ME IS WHY IT'S LIKE AN ANTI-TRUST ISSUE BECAUSE THEIR WHOLE MODEL IS BASED UPON ALL THIS TYPE OF AUTOMATION AND WHEN THEY DOUBLE CHECK IT BECAUSE WE'VE RUN INTO THIS BEFORE TOO THEY'RE NOT DOUBLE CHECKING LIKE AN ASSESSMENT OF LIKE WHEN THE HUMAN BEINGS GO AND CHECK IT THEY'RE NOT GOING LIKE OKAY WAIT A SECOND THIS IS EXPOSING THIS THE INTENT OF THIS CHANNEL IS DIFFERENT OR THAT'S NOT THEY JUST LOOK AS TO WHETHER THE UM THE ALGORITHM READ THE WORDS CORRECTLY SO IN OTHER WORDS IF I SIT HERE AND I SAY UH THAT PERSON SAID THIS BAD WORD I I I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WOULD BE BUT I'M SURE WE COULD COME UP WITH SOMETHING WELL AND AND I WAS TO LIKE ACCUSE THAT PERSON OF SAYING THAT WORD OR THE SUBTEXT BEING THAT WORD OR WHATEVER IT IS AND UH WE GOT DEMONETIZED THEY WOULD UH THEY WOULD COME IN AND SAY OKAY WE JUST DID A MANUAL REVIEW AND THAT WORD IS IN THERE AND I'M LIKE BUT WAIT YOU'RE NOT LOOKING AT THE CONTEXT THAT'S BASICALLY THE WORKS HERE HERE IS UM OKAY HERE IT IS UH THIS IS FROM THE DAILY BEAST THEY FOUND SOME VIDEO FROM EIGHT YEARS AGO THAT THEY FLAG TOOK DOWN AND THAT WAS OUR THIRD STRIKE EXPLAINED THEY TOOK DOWN OUR ENTIRE ACCOUNT THE THIRD STRIKE OCCURRED LAST WEEK IN THE CHANNEL WAS TAKEN DOWN THE NOTIFICATION THAT THEIR APPEAL WAS REJECTED HOWEVER WASN'T IT SENT UNTIL EARLY MONDAY MORNING WHEN UM RIGHT WING WATCH WENT WITH THE BAND SO THE BAND SO I DON'T KNOW MAYBE THEY HAVEN'T HEARD BACK FROM THE ABOUT THEIR APPEAL I DON'T KNOW I MEAN I THINK THAT LIKE LOOK I MEAN I I BUT I DO THINK THERE'S A DANGER IN LIKE I MEAN I THAT'S IT ALWAYS SOME OF LIKE THESE INDISCRIMINATE D PLATFORMING CALLS AND OF COURSE THERE ARE EXTREME CASES IN WHICH I AGREE BUT LIKE IT'S GONNA THEY WANT TO BOTH SIDES THIS I I THINK I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT I THINK THERE'S A PROBLEM WHEN PEOPLE'S FIRST REACTION IS TO SAY SEE LIBERALS THIS IS WHAT YOU GET FOR UH POINTING OUT THAT THERE ARE RACISTS ON THESE PLATFORMS YOU'RE ASKING FOR THIS CENSORSHIP BECAUSE IT ALWAYS GOES WITH WAYS YOU'RE JUST NATURALIZING THAT DECISION TO COME DOWN ON THE LEFT AS YOU COME DOWN ON THE RIGHT AND I THINK ACTUALLY THERE NEEDS TO BE A LITTLE BIT LESS EMPHASIS ON THE STAB IN THE BACK MYTH WHAT I WOULD CALL IT BUT OF LIBERALS AND FREE SPEECH WELL EXACTLY I MEAN LOOK FIRST OFF MY ARGUMENT IS IS THAT A CHANNEL