[Yesterday 12:43 PM] John H Shannon
YouTube & Censorship
General
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals held that YouTube was not a public forum platform that would be subject to First Amendment scrutiny. The suit was initiated by PragerU, a conservative non-profit group. PragerU claimed that its conservative videos were subject to YouTube’s censorship policies and practices related to its tags such as “abortion”, “Islam”, “gun rights”, etc. As such, advertisements were blocked from playing on those videos (advertisement viewership generates money). PragerU also claimed that YouTube was engaged in false advertising under the pretense that it was a public forum accepting all ideas. The appellate court held that YouTube is not a public forum despite its open access to majority of the public.
PragerU is not the first entity to have issues with YouTube. In the past, YouTube has garnered criticism from conservative and liberal groups alike. YouTube released a policy in 2019 that would ban videos from groups that deem themselves better in order to spread hateful messages. Unsurprisingly, there is substantial backlash against this policy. YouTube’s content moderation remains controversial.
The above links are just to help you get started. Should YouTube be held to scrutiny regarding the First Amendment? Is YouTube’s policy fair? How does this affect speech rights? What can companies do to curtail problems that YouTube faces?
Identify and discuss at least two of the issues raised by the above narrative in your initial response. You will then engage your classmates in the discussion that follows. Be certain to discuss the ethical issues raised in the context of this TID. Remember, all of your work on TID #3 should be posted in the TID 3 channel.
N.B. So, let’s recap this deliverable … the TID is a research, writing and discussion assignment. You should pay close attention to the requirements outlined in the TID deliverable as well as the Assessment (Deliverables and Grading specifically) and Deliverables (Writing on a Digital Platform and Writing and Research specifically) pages in the Course Policies section for guidance. Also, remember that you must observe the limitations of the post process in Teams.
Remember, you must post your initial response to the TID 3 channel no later than Tuesday, April 5th at 11p. The TID discussion will continue through Sunday, April 10th at 11p.
Good luck!
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https://www.shannonweb.net/spr/assessment/#articleTOC_3 (YOU CAN FIND ALL INFORMATION ABOUT PAPER FORMAT AND STANDARDS ON HIS WEBSITE PLEASE REVIEW)
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