Category: YouTube censorship

‘Sounds Like Authoritarianism’: Sky News Boss Lambasts YouTube for Suspension, ‘Opaque’ Guidelines

Claims that Sky News Australia is spreading COVID-19 misinformation are “frankly ridiculous,” according to CEO Paul Whittaker, who issued a stinging criticism of video-sharing giant YouTube, at a parliamentary inquiry on Monday. Fronting the Standing Committee on Environment and Communications, Whittaker questioned why the Google-owned tech giant could be an arbiter of content. “There is…


Sky News Boss Lambasts YouTube for Suspension, ‘Opaque’ Guidelines

Claims that Sky News Australia is spreading COVID-19 misinformation is “frankly ridiculous,” according to CEO Paul Whittaker, who issued a stinging criticism of video-sharing giant YouTube, at a parliamentary inquiry on Monday. Fronting the Standing Committee on Environment and Communications, Whittaker questioned why the Google-owned tech giant could be an arbiter of content. “There is…