Jared Holt reports at Right Wing Watch:
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that Prager University, a nonprofit organization created by right-wing commentator Dennis Prager, had no legal ground to stand on in its lawsuit against Google and YouTube, which alleged the companies violated Prager University’s First Amendment rights by “censoring” its videos.
The court’s ruling, first reported by Wall Street Journal’s Jacob Gershman, serves a blow to baseless right-wing narratives that big tech companies are infringing on conservatives’ freedom of expression online for ideological reasons.
Prager’s organization, which is a university in name only, has waged a years-long legal battle against Google and YouTube with little success. In 2017, the organization filed suit against Google, accusing the company and its subsidiary of “censoring” its videos “solely because of PragerU’s political identity.”
Read the full article. Snicker.
Did you know:
PragerU is a right-wing propaganda outlet and this is straight up bullshit.
They’re lying. https://t.co/phglZlojaA
— Santiago Mayer (@santiagomayer_) February 25, 2020
I just need to emphasize the fact that @prageru sent it’s 400,000 minions to harass an 18yo because they didn’t like what I said.
I’ve received countless insults, numerous threats, and several pictures of guns with threatening messages.
— Santiago Mayer (@santiagomayer_) February 26, 2020