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YouTube Bans Content Exposing ‘Election Fraud Or Errors,’ Vows To ‘Ramp Up’ Censorship
The National Pulse ^ | 9 Dec, 2020 | NATALIE WINTERS

Posted on 12/09/2020 9:45:17 AM PST by MtnClimber

YouTube has announced it will remove videos criticizing Joe Biden’s alleged victory and reporting on election “fraud or errors,” instead promoting the content of corporate media outlets and fact checkers. Per YouTube, its December 9th decision was guided by its “main goal” of “connecting people with authoritative information, while also limiting the reach of misinformation and removing harmful content.”

In reality, however, the platform will likely axe a host of pro-Trump accounts, as it has done before.

Specifically, the platform vowed to crack down on any content that exposes “widespread fraud or errors” incurred during the 2020 election:

“We also disallow content alleging widespread fraud or errors changed the outcome of a historical U.S. Presidential election. However in some cases, that has meant allowing controversial views on the outcome or process of counting votes of a current election as election officials have worked to finalize counts.

Yesterday was the safe harbor deadline for the U.S. Presidential election and enough states have certified their election results to determine a President-elect. Given that, we will start removing any piece of content uploaded today (or anytime after) that misleads people by alleging that widespread fraud or errors changed the outcome of the 2020 U.S. Presidential election, in line with our approach towards historical U.S. Presidential elections. For example, we will remove videos claiming that a Presidential candidate won the election due to widespread software glitches or counting errors. We will begin enforcing this policy today, and will ramp up in the weeks to come.”


TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: bigtech; censorship; collaboration; communism; electionfraud; electioninterference; insurrection; nazi; rumble; youtube
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To: MtnClimber

COLLUSION


41 posted on 12/09/2020 10:20:51 AM PST by polymuser (A socialist is a communist without the power to take everything from their citizens...yet.)
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To: Seruzawa

“People with names and addresses who work for or manage youtube are censoring free expression.”

Yep.

College-indoctrinated managers and coders. Probably many Indian coders that just love Indian-American Kamala for VPOTUS.


42 posted on 12/09/2020 10:23:16 AM PST by polymuser (A socialist is a communist without the power to take everything from their citizens...yet.)
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To: Dead Corpse

Ministry of Truth, Youtube division.


43 posted on 12/09/2020 10:24:19 AM PST by polymuser (A socialist is a communist without the power to take everything from their citizens...yet.)
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To: sevinufnine

I looked and I agree. NO good for vimeo.


44 posted on 12/09/2020 10:27:11 AM PST by Sequoyah101 (I have a burning hatred of anyone who would vote for a demented, pedophile, crook and a commie whore)
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To: MtnClimber
Just bend over and take it, peasant.

You're welcome.

45 posted on 12/09/2020 10:29:02 AM PST by Eagles6
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To: MtnClimber

this makes Youtube (Google owns it) a criminal co-conspirator in the federal felony of election theft


46 posted on 12/09/2020 10:36:32 AM PST by faithhopecharity (Politicians are not born, they are excreted. Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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To: MtnClimber

So, YouTube is explicitly trending into a propaganda organ. Since they’ve made it explicit, I’ll be trending away from them and toward one of the alternatives. They can do whatever they like. So can I. I have no energy to spend on worrying about it.


47 posted on 12/09/2020 10:36:46 AM PST by Iowa Slim
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To: MtnClimber

But years of Russian collusion theories was ok.


48 posted on 12/09/2020 11:05:41 AM PST by conservative98
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To: Seruzawa
Oh I can easily see Zuckerberg on board.
49 posted on 12/09/2020 11:08:56 AM PST by caww ( )
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To: MtnClimber

It legal since corporate America can do what ever it wants regarding freedom of speech and censorship.


50 posted on 12/09/2020 11:09:38 AM PST by DownInFlames (Ga)
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To: MtnClimber

Algorithms and content mining.


51 posted on 12/09/2020 11:10:17 AM PST by DownInFlames (Ga)
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To: Iowa Slim

Social Media Tech Leaders are operating like news network conglomerates......”whoever controls Media controls the Message”.....and that was the goal. The Message is never to ‘inform’ rather control.


52 posted on 12/09/2020 11:17:07 AM PST by caww ( )
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To: MtnClimber; Travis McGee

53 posted on 12/09/2020 12:33:38 PM PST by 4Liberty (How does a kids car-donation nonprofit pay for so MANY radio ads if it's a charity?)
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To: Dead Corpse

Ignorance is strength


54 posted on 12/09/2020 12:45:15 PM PST by Eleutheria5 ("The impossible happens all the time. You just have to believe." Will Robinson)
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To: MtnClimber

Their computers scan every upload at high speed and change speech to text and then scan it for forbidden bad-think.


55 posted on 12/09/2020 1:42:03 PM PST by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: Travis McGee

Do you think there will be problems with the TMS Live Streams? Have you posted to alternative sites?


56 posted on 12/09/2020 2:06:02 PM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: MtnClimber

I don’t know. We’re working on alternate sites.


57 posted on 12/09/2020 2:08:19 PM PST by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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