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Saturday, June 8, 2019

YOUTUBE TO LABEL CRITICISM OF IMMIGRATION AS “HATE SPEECH”

BRITTANY PETTIBONE:
You Can No Longer Criticize Illegal Immigration
YOUTUBE TO LABEL CRITICISM OF IMMIGRATION AS
“HATE SPEECH”

New policy Big Tech’s latest push against conservative voices

republished below in full unedited for informational, educational and research purposes:

“Immigration status” has been declared a protected category on YouTube’s hate speech policy, effectively banning speech critical of illegal immigration, experts warn.



Even though the policy specifies YouTube will only remove content that promotes violence or hatred towards “individuals or groups” based on that attribute, conservatives are concerned the policy will be used to justify the removal of accurate criticism of immigration policies.



“YouTube’s new policy on hate speech includes immigration status,” said Swedish independent journalist Peter Imanuelsen. “In other words, you cannot criticize immigration anymore.”



“This is YouTube taking a left-wing political stance. Censorship of conservative opinions is getting worse on social media.”
















Given Big Tech’s track record of left-leaning bias, simple criticism towards immigration being viewed as “hate” is likely.



Case in point, YouTube recently demonetized popular comedian/conservative YouTuber Steven Crowder after he was accused of targeted harassment for his gay jokes directed at a Vox editor.



Remember, last year, Alex Jones predicted that Steven Crowder was the next target of Big Tech’s biased censorship campaign.







Steven Crowder Is The Next Target Of Corporate Censorship









Moreover, the policy has effectively created a new “protected class” free of criticism, adds constitutional lawyer Robert Barnes.










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 YOUTUBE REVISED POLICY











republished below in full unedited for informational, educational and research purposes:











Hate speech policy









While we’ve always had policies that prohibited hate speech on YouTube, on June 5, we announced some changes to our hate speech policies. You can learn more about those changes here. The below policy has been updated with those changes.







Hate speech is not allowed on YouTube. We remove content promoting violence or hatred against individuals or groups based on any of the following attributes:


    

  • Age
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  • Caste
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  • Disability
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  • Ethnicity
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  • Gender Identity
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  • Nationality
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  • Race
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  • Immigration Status
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  • Religion
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  • Sex/Gender
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  • Sexual Orientation
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  • Victims of a major violent event and their kin
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  • Veteran Status
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If you see content that violates this policy, please report it. Instructions for reporting violations of our Community Guidelines are available here. If you have found multiple videos, comments, or a user’s entire channel that you wish to report, please visit our reporting tool, where you will be able to submit a more detailed complaint.





What this means for you



If you're posting content



Don’t post content on YouTube if the purpose of that content is to do one or more of the following.


    

  • Encourage violence against individuals or groups based on any of on the attributes noted above. We don’t allow threats on YouTube, and we treat implied calls for violence as real threats. You can learn more about our policies on threats and harassment.
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  • Incite hatred against individuals or groups based on any of the attributes noted above.
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Examples



Here are examples of hate speech not allowed on YouTube.


    

  • “I’m glad this [violent event] happened. They got what they deserved [referring to persons with the attributes noted above].”
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  • “[Person with attributes noted above] are dogs” or “[person with attributes noted above] are like animals.”
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Please remember these are just some examples, and don't post content if you think it might violate this policy.





























What happens when content violates this policy



























If your content violates this policy, we’ll remove the content and send you an email to let you know. If this is the first time you’ve posted content that violates our Community Guidelines, you’ll get a warning with no penalty to your channel. If it’s not, we’ll issue a strike against your channel. Your channel will be terminated if you receive 3 strikes. You can learn more about our strikes system here.





If we think your content comes close to hate speech, we may limit YouTube features available for that content. You can learn more about limited features here.
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