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Originally Posted by Rusty
There is a couple of law suits going through the courts right now against youtube for violating gov't regs.
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One was decided by an appellate court in February - in favour of YouTube.
https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-conte...ent-ruling.pdf
In a unanimous opinion, the three judges of the 9th circuit wrote:
"PragerU's claim that YouTube censored PragerU's speech faces a formidable threshold hurdle: YouTube is a private entity. The Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment prohibits the government—not a private party—from abridging speech."
Your Supreme Court has also ruled that:
"merely hosting speech by others is not a traditional, exclusive public function and does not alone transform private entities into state actors subject to First Amendment constraints."
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinion...-1702_h315.pdf