According to the American Conservative Union (ACU)—which sponsors the Conservative Political Action Conference—YouTube has removed a video posted by the group for allegedly breaching its rules and regulations about COVID-19.
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The ACU stated in an email that its video showed President Donald Trump’s statement that he will pursue litigation against Google, Facebook, and Twitter.
Two days after the video was posted on July 9, YouTube “issued a strike against” the group’s account. According to the statement, the Big Tech company also “banned the organization from posting for one week.”
The statement added that “As a result, YouTube has prevented ACU from sharing content from CPAC 2021 Part 2 in Dallas, Texas, including former President Donald Trump’s speech on Sunday, July 11.”
Trump was scheduled to speak as CPAC’s headliner on July 11 at 3:35 p.m. CDT.
The Epoch Times reports:
According to the ACU, YouTube said the video contained alleged “medical misinformation” regarding COVID-19 when it cited the reason for removing the video. The group said YouTube didn’t cite any examples that violated its policies.
“It is clear that YouTube censored CPAC because we stood with former President Donald Trump on his lawsuit against Big Tech,” ACU Chairman Matt Schlapp said in a statement. “This is yet another example of Big Tech censoring content with which they disagree in order to promote the political positions they favor.”
The ACU further suggested that YouTube opposed a comment from Trump referencing studies about hydroxychloroquine and saying it’s effective in treating COVID-19.
“Google’s political biases heavily influence YouTube’s definitions of ‘misinformation’ and that the political beliefs of Google executives take priority over the free speech rights of Google users,” the group stated.
