Liberty Nation News
An anti-corruption watchdog group has filed a shareholder proposal with YouTube’s parent company requiring it to publish content removal requests by the Biden administration. The National Legal and Policy Center proposal would require Google to post the takedown requests they receive from the federal government. In July, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said her administration colleagues were in regular touch with social media companies, both to help boost stories they favor and kill the ones they wish weren’t told. The proposal is like a referendum for record owners of stock in Alphabet, the publicly traded umbrella company that controls Google and YouTube, amongst many others.
NLPC Chairman Peter Flaherty said:
“The case for this kind of disclosure is double-barreled. All citizens should be aware when the government engages in censorship, even if it is through a private-sector company, and shareholders of that company should know when they become a party to it.”
Liberty Nation reported on Psaki’s revelation from July, when she “explained that not only are members of the team in regular contact, but they’re even flagging ‘problematic posts’ for Facebook.” She said, “We are regularly making sure social media platforms are aware of the latest narratives dangerous to public health that we and many other Americans are seeing across all of social and traditional media.” Two new and notable cases of Google / YouTube putting their fingers on the scales to favor leftist narratives sprang up recently.
