(By Michael Snyder) In recent weeks, we have witnessed an unprecedented social media crackdown on conservative voices. YouTube’s war with Alex Jones has gotten the most attention, but literally, hundreds of conservative content creators have had their accounts penalized, suspended or deleted by YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and other social media giants. There appears to be a coordinated effort to target conservative viewpoints because similar voices on the left are not receiving equal treatment. If I win my race for
Congress on May 15, I am going to make fighting this sort of censorship one of my top priorities once I get to Washington. How would you feel if you spent years creating videos and building up a subscriber base, only to have all of that work wiped out in a single moment by a leftist YouTube moderator? Sadly, that is precisely what is happening to dozens upon dozens of conservatives right now… Writing for Polygon.com, Julia Alexander noted that, “Whenever YouTube institutes a tougher moderation stance, a common debate emerges over censorship—especially from notable conservative voices.” READ MORE
