Steven Crowder Is Suing YouTube Over Vague Rules, but It’s Not Just About Him – Heritage.org
Conservative comedian Steven Crowder filed notice last week of a lawsuit against YouTube, claiming, This is the big one, boys and girls.
Crowders May 14 filing follows his second strike in as many months. In March, YouTube demonetized Crowders channel and issued hisfirst demerit of 2021on grounds that one of his videos contained COVID-19misinformation. In April, Crowderearned strike two under the pretext ofharassment and cyberbullying.
One more infraction in the designated 90-day window and he will be permanently cut off from his 5 million YouTube followers.
Crowder is polemicalhe is, after all, a comedianbut hisundue scrutinyignores a morass of unpunished violations that proliferate on YouTube all around him.
If the coronavirus misinformation standard were applied consistently, Dr. Anthony Faucisannouncementin March 2020 that there is no reason to [walk] around with a mask would have been struck from the platform during the height of the pandemic.
If the harassment and cyberbullying standard were applied uniformly to comparable accounts, left-of-center comedian Bill Mahersgleeover billionaire businessman David Kochs death would no longer be searchable on Mahers shows channel.
Other platforms are just as guilty.
Thetweetsof Irans supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, remain active despite Twitterssuppression of informationon the New York Posts Hunter Biden-Ukrainestory.
Drug cartels advertiseon Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok. Chinese Communist Partly spokesmen churn outwokeandcritical race theory-infused propagandaon a regular basis.AntifaandBlack Lives Matterglorify political violence, andfigureheadswhodelegitimizefree and fair elections, such as Stacey Abrams, retain blue-check status.
As such, conservative voices like Crowders should not besacrificed on the altar of Big Tech.
Yet, the fight is not about Crowder. Instead, itsa crisis of the tech titans own making. Inconsistent enforcement of vague rules, the opacity of content-moderation practices, and a lack of recourse are the hallmarks of Big Tech today.
Crowders latest legal move points to a broader, more pernicious trend taking hold in Silicon Valley and beyond. (Hes threatened tofilesuit against Big Tech before, as recently as February.)
The evolution proceeded slowly at first. When platformsbannedgratuitous-chaos agents, such as Alex Jones and Milo Yiannopoulos, many conservatives were reluctant to defend them, even on principle. Now, social media companies are sprinting away with the goal posts.
What began as an effort to ban fringe outlets such as Jones Infowars has rapidly expanded to the restriction of traditional, conservative views.
Can pro-life group Live Action post onPinterest? No. What of Ryan Andersons conservative take on gender identity in his 2019 book When Harry Became Sally?Bootedfrom Amazon. The Northern Virginia Tea Party was even acasualtyof email delivery service Mailchimps misinformation policy early this year.
Similarly, non-conservatives such asCanadian free speech activist Lindsay Shepherd, who refused to conform to todays woke litmus tests, are in many tech companies crosshairs.
Such censorship of mainstream voices reveals the pitfalls of allowing these platforms to determine what is legitimately fringe, not to mention truth itself.
Its clear that if left unchecked, these companies and their employees will continue to narrow the bounds of acceptable discourseon one side of the political spectrum only.
Americans can and should hit back. Its past time for concrete, actionable solutions.
Proposals, likethoseworking their way through state legislatures across the country, must empower the public to hold these companies accountable for their disproportionate application of their own standards.
In tandem, Congress should address sweeping Section 230 protections through focusedreform.
But most importantly, conservatives should amplify efforts to invigorate a genuinely competitive market withalternativesandtechnical solutionsat all levels of the tech stack.
Restoring the balance of power between the tech companies and their users is an experiment worth conducting. Its only our culture of free expression thats at stake.
This piece originally appeared in The Daily Signal.
Read this article:
Steven Crowder Is Suing YouTube Over Vague Rules, but It's Not Just About Him - Heritage.org
- Kosair for Kids hosts Princess Tea Party for children with different abilities - WNKY - July 28th, 2025 [July 28th, 2025]
- Clock Work Tea Party CWTP EG4GUV-L thermal paste in the world's first real test: a flavored paste that smells of osmanthus and stinks to death -... - July 28th, 2025 [July 28th, 2025]
- Womens empowerment celebrated at The Royal Tea party in Rochester Sunday - WHEC.com - July 28th, 2025 [July 28th, 2025]
- Fascinators Hats Women Tea Party Hat Women Lace Gloves Necklace Earrings G 601100241113279 - roarmag.org - July 28th, 2025 [July 28th, 2025]
- Kentucky-based organization hosts tea party for kids overcoming illness - WKYT - July 28th, 2025 [July 28th, 2025]
- Magical princess tea party will help support hospice charity - Malvern Gazette, UK - July 28th, 2025 [July 28th, 2025]
- A Llandrindod Wells venue is holding a VJ Day family tea party this weekend - Shropshire Star - July 28th, 2025 [July 28th, 2025]
- York Bake Off stars urge people to raise funds for vital cause - by hosting tea party - Yahoo Home - July 24th, 2025 [July 24th, 2025]
- Brevard Federated Republican Women Celebrate 75 Years of Sisterhood With Tea Party, Fashion Show - Space Coast Daily - July 22nd, 2025 [July 22nd, 2025]
- Axe Vale Canoe Club hosts tea party and river paddle - Midweek Herald - July 22nd, 2025 [July 22nd, 2025]
- The Tea Party, Headstones and Finger Eleven to perform at Caesars Windsor - CTV News - July 22nd, 2025 [July 22nd, 2025]
- The Tea Party, Headstones & Finger Eleven Bring Canadian Rock History To The Colosseum This December - windsoriteDOTca News - July 22nd, 2025 [July 22nd, 2025]
- Midsummer Afternoon Tea party at Cottonwood Mansion - The Haldimand Press - July 18th, 2025 [July 18th, 2025]
- Norfolk hospital support group hosting tea party support group - Great Yarmouth Mercury - July 18th, 2025 [July 18th, 2025]
- Friends of the Athenaeum Host Annual Afternoon Tea Party - The North Star Monthly - July 16th, 2025 [July 16th, 2025]
- You Can Attend A Reimagined Six-Course Mad Hatter's Tea Party At This Glasgow Restaurant This Summer - And It's Only Available For A Limited Time -... - July 16th, 2025 [July 16th, 2025]
- How the Tea Party 'abandoned its small-government principle' and became a Trump 'personality cult' - Alternet - July 16th, 2025 [July 16th, 2025]
- Care home celebrates Alice in Wonderland Day with Mad Hatter tea party - Basingstoke Gazette - July 16th, 2025 [July 16th, 2025]
- First Primrose Tea Party raises nearly 2k for hospice in Bromsgrove - bromsgroveadvertiser.co.uk - July 16th, 2025 [July 16th, 2025]
- Fancy Nancy tea party invited children and their favorite teddy bear - Orange County Register - July 14th, 2025 [July 14th, 2025]
- Care home throws Mad Hatter's Tea Party for Alice in Wonderland Day - Daily Echo - July 14th, 2025 [July 14th, 2025]
- Women in military honored at tea party hosted by American Legion - WALB - July 14th, 2025 [July 14th, 2025]
- Tea Party by TeaMarrr - notion.online - July 12th, 2025 [July 12th, 2025]
- Garden tour and tea party set for July 15 at Plover library - Point/Plover Metro Wire - July 12th, 2025 [July 12th, 2025]
- How Much Tea Was Dumped During the Boston Tea Party? - Britannica - July 12th, 2025 [July 12th, 2025]
- Stoke-on-Trent Smashes Guinness World Record with Big Centenary Tea Party! - FE News - July 12th, 2025 [July 12th, 2025]
- Manchester goes mad for Oasis: Cardiff will look like a tea party compared to this - telegraph.co.uk - July 12th, 2025 [July 12th, 2025]
- Is there really a Tea Party within the Democrats? The answer may surprise you - rawstory.com - July 10th, 2025 [July 10th, 2025]
- Tea Party experience open to the public at AC Hotel Saturday - Madison County Journal - July 10th, 2025 [July 10th, 2025]
- A Taste of Wonderland: Six by Nico Introduces Mad Hatters Tea Party Menu for Summer - Dublin Town - July 10th, 2025 [July 10th, 2025]
- Bristol restaurant to introduce 'Mad Hatter's Tea Party' menu for summer - here's what to expect - BristolWorld - July 10th, 2025 [July 10th, 2025]
- Wonderland Tea Party returns for a third year of whimsical fun - veronapress.com - July 8th, 2025 [July 8th, 2025]
- Host A Garden Tea Party And We'll Match You To A Bird Persona - BuzzFeed - July 8th, 2025 [July 8th, 2025]
- Greg Gutfeld likens Musks third party idea to a tea party - Fox News - July 8th, 2025 [July 8th, 2025]
- On This Day: NHS worker from Watford invited to tea party hosted by Prince William - Yahoo - July 6th, 2025 [July 6th, 2025]
- 'Fabulous' Mad Hatter tea party fundraiser for Northamptonshire's Animals In Need - Northamptonshire Telegraph - July 6th, 2025 [July 6th, 2025]
- Host your own Alice in Wonderland tea party - Times of India - July 4th, 2025 [July 4th, 2025]
- 5 Things to Do: Yankee Doodle Tea Party, Dabblers: Painting for Adult Beginners, and more in Kendall County - Shaw Local - July 4th, 2025 [July 4th, 2025]
- Is No Kings a new Tea Party in the making? - The Hill - July 2nd, 2025 [July 2nd, 2025]
- Host A Royal Tea Party To Reveal Your Inner Disney Princess - BuzzFeed - July 2nd, 2025 [July 2nd, 2025]
- Doves Garden Tea Party Collection Brings 'Bridgerton' Vibes to Your Shower - The Daily Beast - July 2nd, 2025 [July 2nd, 2025]
- Dove channels afternoon tea with limited-edition Garden Tea Party collection - Drug Store News - July 2nd, 2025 [July 2nd, 2025]
- Dove Debuts Garden Tea Party-Inspired Body Care Collection Exclusively at Target - PR Newswire - July 2nd, 2025 [July 2nd, 2025]
- Visiting the Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum: What You Need To Know Before You Go - Mommy Poppins - June 29th, 2025 [June 29th, 2025]
- York care home celebrates Pride Month with tea party and cupcakes - uk.news.yahoo.com - June 28th, 2025 [June 28th, 2025]
- Governor, state reps speak at county Tea Party meeting - Pendleton Times Post - June 28th, 2025 [June 28th, 2025]
- 'Twisted Tea Party' brings fashion and philanthropy to Rancho Mirage - The Desert Sun - June 24th, 2025 [June 24th, 2025]
- Win Tickets to The Tea Party - Indie88 Toronto - June 24th, 2025 [June 24th, 2025]
- What the Boston Tea Party was fighting and why it still matters | Opinion - The Topeka Capital-Journal - June 22nd, 2025 [June 22nd, 2025]
- Tea Party in the Garden - Lac Ste. Anne County - June 22nd, 2025 [June 22nd, 2025]
- Tea Party to headline CanRock triple bill with Headstones and Finger Eleven at Rogers Place - Edmonton Journal - June 22nd, 2025 [June 22nd, 2025]
- School Nutrition Pros Treated to Tea Party - fayette-news.net - June 20th, 2025 [June 20th, 2025]
- A Royal Saturday Show: Princess Peigh's Sword Fighting Tea Party - WENY - June 20th, 2025 [June 20th, 2025]
- The Tea Party, Headstones and Finger Eleven Map Out Canadian Tour - Exclaim! - June 20th, 2025 [June 20th, 2025]
- The Tea Party making a tour stop in Windsor - AM 800 - June 20th, 2025 [June 20th, 2025]
- Finger Eleven To Tour Canada With The Tea Party & Headstones This Fall - Theprp.com - June 20th, 2025 [June 20th, 2025]
- Tea Party to headline CanRock triple bill with Headstones and Finger Eleven at Rogers Place - Yahoo - June 20th, 2025 [June 20th, 2025]
- THE TEA PARTY, HEADSTONES, FINGER ELEVEN Join Forces For Canada-Wide Tour Kicking Off In November - BraveWords - June 20th, 2025 [June 20th, 2025]
- The Tea Party, Headstones & Finger Eleven Announce Joint Canadian Tour - iHeartRadio Canada - June 20th, 2025 [June 20th, 2025]
- The Tea Party, Headstones and Finger Eleven announce tour stop in Penticton - Penticton News - Castanet - June 20th, 2025 [June 20th, 2025]
- The Tea Party, Headstones And Finger Eleven Team Up For Canadian Tour - live in limbo - June 20th, 2025 [June 20th, 2025]
- Learning Disability Week marked with Mad Hatters Tea Party in Kirkstall - West Leeds Dispatch - June 20th, 2025 [June 20th, 2025]
- School nutrition pros treated to tea party - Peachtree City Citizen - June 14th, 2025 [June 14th, 2025]
- Angry Democrats could face Tea Party-like movement from the Left - Washington Examiner - June 14th, 2025 [June 14th, 2025]
- Its dj tea party all over again - Roll Call - June 14th, 2025 [June 14th, 2025]
- Kildare public encouraged to throw a tea party for Team Hope - kildare-nationalist.ie - June 14th, 2025 [June 14th, 2025]
- Afternoon tea party on the way in County Waterford - waterford-news.ie - June 14th, 2025 [June 14th, 2025]
- Street Style Look of the Week: Wonderland Tea Party - The New York Times - June 10th, 2025 [June 10th, 2025]
- Sanrio Mascot Kuromi Gets Her Own 20th Anniversary Tea Party - Crunchyroll - June 10th, 2025 [June 10th, 2025]
- Tea Party and a Play with The Little Mermaid - geddieconnections.com - June 10th, 2025 [June 10th, 2025]
- PHOTOS: Crowds pour in as Oak Bay Tea Party heats up the weekend - Saanich News - June 10th, 2025 [June 10th, 2025]
- PHOTOS: Oak Bay Tea Party kicks off a weekend of festivities - Vancouver Island Free Daily - June 10th, 2025 [June 10th, 2025]
- A Wonderland of Wellness: The Mad Hatters Tea Party in the Mountains of Mallorca - Majorca Daily Bulletin - June 10th, 2025 [June 10th, 2025]
- Music, parade and teacup-race rematch on tap at Oak Bay Tea Party this weekend - Times Colonist - June 10th, 2025 [June 10th, 2025]
- EXCLUSIVE: IRS Official Tied To Obama-Era Tea Party Scandal Now Running Tax-Exempt Division - AOL.com - June 10th, 2025 [June 10th, 2025]
- Spring is the perfect time for a tea party - Monroe County Reporter - June 1st, 2025 [June 1st, 2025]
- Defying the British dev behind their MMO's "casual doubling of our taxes," Old School RuneScape player recreates the Boston Tea Party:... - June 1st, 2025 [June 1st, 2025]
- Medicine Park Tea Party to add class to the rugged Wichita Mountain scenery - The Lawton Constitution - May 19th, 2025 [May 19th, 2025]
- Malti's adorable tea party with Priyanka Chopra's manager is the cutest thing. Pics - India Today - May 19th, 2025 [May 19th, 2025]
- Priyanka Chopra's Daughter Maltie Marie's Tea Party PICS Are The Cutest Thing On Internet Today - Times Now - May 19th, 2025 [May 19th, 2025]