Radio host Dennis Prager told Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) during a Senate committee hearing that he feels as though he is in a comedy skit after listening to a Google VP’s explanation as to why a PragerU video on the ten commandments has been placed on YouTube’s “restricted” list along with pornographic and violent videos. The “restricted” listing by Google prevents schools, libraries, and others from showing PragerU videos to young people — which Prager noted is PragerU’s target audience.
Dennis Prager said during Tuesday’s committee hearing that he has never gotten an explanation from Google as to why PragerU videos are being placed in the “restricted mode” category, that is, until Karan Bhatia delivered what Prager referred to as a comedic explanation during Tuesday’s hearing.
The Google executive noted that a PragerU video on the ten commandments had been placed in “restricted mode” due to mentions of murder.
“So — we have a solution, we’ll put up [a video] without ‘thou shalt not murder’ in it,” quipped Prager of his video on the ten commandments. “I feel like I’m in a Monty Python skit here, when [a Google executive] says something like that.”
“The only possible explanation for all of this is they don’t like PragerU, because we’re a very, very influential conservative voice touching a lot of lives,” affirmed Prager, “There is no other explanation.”
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Google is putting the fix in AGAINST TRUMP.
ReplyDeleteBoo Hoo write a book and get a publisher. People think social media is some free speech ether net work. It's not its a profit driven business your message has to be saleable.
ReplyDeleteSo you are implying the video on the ten commandments no value? What about all the other videos they no longer monetize, no advertising value to them but they are still posted.
Deletestop using youtube. there are alternatives.
ReplyDeleteCIVIL WAR IS COMING.
ReplyDeleteSo, I took the time to watch Pragers 10 Commandments video, you should too.
ReplyDeleteThe claims made in the video are absurd, most are false.
I'm not going into a debunking of it here, not sure it's appropriate. What is appropriate is the content of this video has no place in a school.. IF used as curriculum.
I see no reason it couldn't be views on someones own time, and especially in a library.
So, I don't see why it should be censored. Even if the ideas are bad, ideas are important and should be hashed out in the marketplace of ideas.
Googles explanation is a bad one.