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Re:YouTube has deleted the account of David Icke by nfoz on Monday May 04, 2020 @12:37AM (#23064601)
> right wing

This can't be relevant.

> have no place at the table for rational discussion.

What if I'm researching "conspiracy theories"?

What if I want to ridicule his stupid conspiracy theory, or make comedy/satire about it?

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Re:YouTube has deleted the account of David Icke by jshevek on Monday May 04, 2020 @02:11AM (#23065063)
>This can't be relevant.

You are right that it shouldn't be relevant. I believe that in practice, it is. There are censorious free speech hating people on both sides, but the left-leaning ones seem to have much more power in the US in the last decade than the right-leaning ones. There are cultural issues here, and political allegiance is not irrelevant to the motivation, the rationalizations, or the power dynamics.

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Re:YouTube has deleted the account of David Icke by dredmorbius on Monday May 04, 2020 @07:58AM (#23066926)
From BBC coverage:

[Youtube] will still allow videos posted by others that feature Mr Icke to remain live, so long as their content does not break its rules.

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-52517797

Icke's own channel has been removed. He is not entirely barred from YouTube.

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