YouTube and Talk Radio Case Study

 The Sun Article and Embedded Video:

  • https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/uknews/13657270/youtube-banned-talkradio-covid-lockdown/ 
  • Summary - citizens are questioning whether YouTube is free speech when they banned talkRADIO for debating the Covid lockdown, Google claimed it violated community guidelines and axed the video, consumers would be worried and question whether other videos they watch will be banned or filtered like this, proves that command and control is true and people in power dictate what users can see, Cabinet Minister Michael Gove told talkRadio that he believes government critics should be heard, the channel was temporarily suspended and reinstated, 
Grassroots Youtube Commentary on FoS:

Metro Article: 
  • https://metro.co.uk/2021/01/05/talkradio-youtube-channel-removed-over-guideline-violation-13853619/
  • Summary - YouTube removed flagged content that violates community guidelines including Covid-19 content which explicitly contradict expert consensus from local health authorities or the World Health Organisation, when they reinstated the channel it was on the terms of exceptions for material posted with an educational, documentary, scientific or artistic purpose, TalkRadio, however, did not receive an explanation about which guideline they supposed to have a breach, consumers worried that YouTube is no longer a platform which has freedom of expression as the authorities are not allowing the public to hear from different opinions, 

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