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Norbert

(6,039 posts)
Fri Mar 25, 2022, 04:46 PM Mar 2022

YouTube removes Trump speech and other CPAC videos for violating 'election integrity policy'

YouTube removed videos from the CPAC conservative conference featuring former President Donald Trump and a number of other GOP lawmakers after the footage violated the service's "election integrity policy”.

Ivy Choi, YouTube's policy communications manager, spoke with The Hill about the removals.

“We removed content from the CPAC channel for violating our election integrity policy,” she said. “Our policies apply to everyone, regardless of the uploader’s political views, and while we do allow content that provides additional context such as countervailing views, the content we removed from this channel was footage that did not provide sufficient context.”

Judging by the number of videos removed from the conservative conference's page, it seems that context was severely lacking; nearly half of the four-day event's videos were removed. Among those videos was an address made by Mr Trump....



https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/youtube-removes-trump-speech-and-other-cpac-videos-for-violating-election-integrity-policy/ar-AAVv2Mp?ocid=msedgntp



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YouTube removes Trump speech and other CPAC videos for violating 'election integrity policy' (Original Post) Norbert Mar 2022 OP
Yay, just yay! Step by step, inch by inch, slowly... and one day he'll be gone. txwhitedove Mar 2022 #1
Indeedy. Duppers Mar 2022 #3
I bet he's Cha Mar 2022 #2
Always after the damage is done. Weasels. lindysalsagal Mar 2022 #4

lindysalsagal

(20,670 posts)
4. Always after the damage is done. Weasels.
Fri Mar 25, 2022, 06:15 PM
Mar 2022

They want to be able to claim they did the responsible thing after they make their money smearing good people and helping autocrats.

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