January 07, 2021
A California federal judge has tossed a discrimination lawsuit alleging YouTube and Google violate the First Amendment and civil rights statutes by censoring LGBTQ content creators, ruling that Ninth Circuit precedent precludes a free speech claim but allowing false advertising and state claims to be amended.
June 02, 2020
A California magistrate judge appeared open Tuesday to tossing a discrimination lawsuit alleging YouTube and its parent Google are violating the First Amendment and civil rights statutes by censoring LGBTQ content creators, saying the Ninth Circuit's recent ruling in Prager University v. Google Inc. seems to be dispositive.
February 04, 2020
YouTube and parent company Google urged a California federal court Monday to throw out a suit brought by content creators accusing the video-sharing site of discriminating against LGBTQ content, slamming the claims as "implausible, inflammatory and wholly inaccurate."
August 14, 2019
YouTube and Google discriminate against LGBTQ YouTubers by flagging their videos as "offensive" or "sexually explicit," taking advertisements off videos to demonetize the creators' work and censoring the content, a group of creators alleges in a lawsuit filed Tuesday in California federal court.