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[–]Breadman 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

They lost this lawsuit:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.businessinsider.com/youtube-google-censor-court-prageru-first-amendment-2020-2%3famp

YouTube is a private platform, and isn’t bound by the 1st amendment.

Libertarians learning their first lesson about the terrible power of private property.

[–]neovulcan[S] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

Libertarians learning their first lesson about the terrible power of private property.

This statement has me a bit confused. Is PragerU a libertarian platform? Do libertarians not respect private property? I didn't think either was the case.

[–]Breadman 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

PragerU is a libertarian platform yes.

Libertarians respect private property, and Google is private property. PragerU is complaining about the power of a private company, who wishes to censor their content. The irony is PragerU always complains about government interference in the 'private' sector, but now wishes for government intervention just to help itself.

[–]neovulcan[S] 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

As one who identifies more libertarian than anything else, this makes sense. Always thought PragerU was a more right-leaning platform, but I identify more with the right than the left anyway, so this is acceptable.

As to the spirit of the lawsuit, I figured the predominant goal was reduced censorship, with actual government intervention being the thing neither party really wanted - with PragerU betting YouTube/Google would want government intervention even less.

Whether you agree with their views or not, they appear to fall well short of anything worth censoring (rationalizing racism, sexism, violence, etc), and they consistently present towards the top of the argument pyramid. For example, they posted this video claiming slavery was the cause of the US Civil War, which inspired this rebuttal. I'm not endorsing either video, but this kind of discussion is one of the reasons I come to the internet in the first place.

[–]Breadman 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

My point is, it’s censorship. But it’s not government censorship.

Under the libertarian ideology, private actors are able to censor on the private platforms they control.

That’s why it’s ironic that PragerU as a libertarian org, is suing a private company about being ‘censored’.