{"id":630120,"date":"2021-08-10T14:51:53","date_gmt":"2021-08-10T18:51:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=630120"},"modified":"2021-08-10T14:51:56","modified_gmt":"2021-08-10T18:51:56","slug":"im-not-sure-when-youtube-became-an-arm-of-the-government-rand-paul-slaps-back-after-youtube-suspension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/im-not-sure-when-youtube-became-an-arm-of-the-government-rand-paul-slaps-back-after-youtube-suspension\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I\u2019m Not Sure When YouTube Became An Arm Of The Government\u2019: Rand Paul Slaps Back After YouTube Suspension"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fim-not-sure-when-youtube-became-an-arm-of-the-government-rand-paul-slaps-back-after-youtube-suspension%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=630120&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1234075169-e1628621238672.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>Last week, Senator Rand Paul was reportedly censored by YouTube following an interview with a Newsmax journalist, during which they discussed \u201ca variety of topics, including the science behind masks.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>According to Senator Paul\u2019s office, the video was <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paul.senate.gov\/news\/dr-rand-paul-releases-video-slamming-youtube-censorship\"><span>removed<\/span><\/a><span> by YouTube, with his account suspended from posting any new videos for seven days.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cCensorship by YouTube is very dangerous as it stifles debate and promotes groupthink where the \u2018truth\u2019 is defined by people with a political agenda,\u201d Senator Paul stated in a video message which responded to YouTube\u2019s alleged actions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/rumble.com\/vkonmc-it-is-time-for-unfiltered-news.html\"><span>video<\/span><\/a><span>, titled \u201cIt Is Time For Unfiltered News,\u201d was also removed by YouTube. \u201cThis video has been removed for violating YouTube\u2019s Community Guidelines,\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XLPmLnDtfjE\"><span>stated<\/span><\/a><span> the Google-owned Big Tech giant.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cYouTube said the video violated their policy because of my comments on masks, and that they don\u2019t allow videos that contradict government\u2019s guidance on COVID,\u201d Senator Paul stated in the now-deleted response video.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>During a press call earlier on Tuesday, Senator Paul condemned the apparent link between Big Tech corporations, such as YouTube, and the country\u2019s legislature.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI\u2019m not sure when YouTube became an arm of the government, and I\u2019m not really sure it\u2019s good for journalism to also be an arm of the government without any repercussions or push back,\u201d Senator Paul said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>While some conservative voices are calling for Big Tech to be reined in through various forms of legislative action, Senator Paul discussed an alternative approach.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cMy hope is that maybe through competition we\u2019ll prove them to be wrong in their ways,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Senator Paul also referenced the challenging intersection between the rights of private companies to censor content or ban users, and the pursuit of free speech.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cAs a libertarian-leaning Senator, I think private companies have the right to ban me if they want to, but I think it is really anti-free speech, anti-progress of science, which involves skepticism and argumentation to arrive at the truth,\u201d Senator Paul said. \u201cWe realize this in our court systems that both sides present facts on either side of a question and complete an adversarial process to reach the truth in each case.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Senator Paul then moved to link this debate to the field of journalism.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cJournalism isn\u2019t far from that and in some ways, the adversarial part of the courtroom is ideally what you would find in journalism, where both sides would present facts, there is a period of argumentation and people figure out the truth for themselves,\u201d he said. \u201cYouTube and Google though, have become an entity so huge that they think they are the arbitrator of truth.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Senator Paul concluded by directly referencing the ongoing effort to \u201cbreak up\u201d Big Tech corporations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201c<\/span><span>I will try to channel my anger, not in breaking these companies up but by publicly expressing my disagreement with them and publicly promoting other channels that offer free speech alternatives,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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