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BecauseYoudBeInJail 148 points ago +148 / -0

Notice this happens on the heels of the 9th Circus dismissed Prager U's suit against YouTube: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/02/first-amendment-doesnt-apply-on-youtube-judges-reject-prageru-lawsuit/

The ruling no doubt emboldened reddit admins to banish T_D to the shadow realm. Fear not, pedes - censorship only steels our resolve to spread the GEOTUS gospel!

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BecauseYoudBeInJail 36 points ago +40 / -4

Knock yourself out: https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/prager-youtube-1st-amendment.pdf

Long story short, YouTube isn't the government just like a bakery isn't the government and thus not subject to the 1st amendment. No matter how much they profess to being an open platform for free speech, YouTube is within their right as a private entity to refuse to let people "bake a Trump cake".

That's not a surprising ruling and that being the case, we need to build a video-hosting equivalent to thedonald.win if we ever hope to avoid censorship by our Silicon Valley commie overlords.