Steven Crowder Sues YouTube for Silencing Conservatives: 'This Is the Big One'

CBN News Staff : May 25, 2021
Faithwire.com

"...This is the world's most powerful company—arguably, when you look at YouTube, Google, Alphabet—and they make sure that they ghost you where people cannot find, not us, but the point of view." -Steven Crowder

[Faithwire.com] Conservative commentator Steven Crowder is taking YouTube to court over its content practices and policies which he says are used to silence conservative voices. (Image: via Faithwire /YouTube screengrab)

The Daily Wire reports Crowder announced his lawsuit against the social media platform on Monday during his show "Louder with Crowder."

"As of last Thursday, May 14, my lawyer Bill Richmond and I have filed a notice of a lawsuit against YouTube and are seeking an injunction to prevent them, to stop them from currently deplatforming us," Crowder said. "We've officially sent a notice of a lawsuit. Very different level—this is the big one, boys and girls."

As CBN News reported in March, YouTube removed Crowder's channel from its partner program indefinitely, which will not allow him to make money from ads running with his videos.

The social media platform removed Crowder's video from March 16 containing references about black farmers and slavery. The company said the video violated its COVID-19 misinformation policy and not its policy concerning hate speech, according to HITC.com.

YouTube also banned Crowder for uploading a now-deleted video which reportedly challenged the legitimacy of the election in Nevada. The company has a policy against posting videos that claim there was fraud in the presidential election... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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