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Home / News / Business News / Why is LGBTQ community suing YouTube, Google
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    Why is LGBTQ community suing YouTube, Google

    Siddhant Pandey
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    Last updated on Aug 18, 2019, 01:20 pm
    Why is LGBTQ community suing YouTube, Google
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  • Several LGBTQ YouTubers are suing the video-sharing platform and its parent company Google for allegedly discriminating against their LGBTQ-themed videos.

    In their federal lawsuit, the YouTubers allege that the company has been unfairly restricting their ability to earn revenue through advertising and preventing their videos from reaching a wider audience.

    Additionally, the lawsuit also alleged that YouTube isn't doing enough to curb hate speech.

  • In this article
    Who are the complainants? Here's what YouTube stands accused of YouTube's discrimination against LGBTQ content creators harms community 'Our systems don't restrict/demonetize videos on these factors': YouTube CEO June: Vox journalist spoke against homophobic bullying on YouTube YouTube and Google CEOs apologized after incident
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    Who are the complainants?

  • The YouTubers upload videos to a set of five channels and include GNews! producers Celso Dulay and Chris Knight, Bria Kam and Chrissy Chambers, Brett Somers of WattsTheStanford, transgender YouTuber Chase Ross and Queer Kid Stuff creator Lindsay Amer.

  • Accusations

    Here's what YouTube stands accused of

    Here's what YouTube stands accused of
  • The content creators have alleged that YouTube flagged their videos as "shocking," "inappropriate," "offensive," and "sexually explicit." This marked them as inappropriate for advertisers.

    YouTube also allegedly allowed homophobic YouTubers, who bullied LGBTQ content creators, to stay online and make money.

    Other allegations include blocking the YouTubers from purchasing ads from other videos and letting anti-LGBTQ ads run before their videos.

  • Information

    YouTube's discrimination against LGBTQ content creators harms community

  • Notably, the lawsuit claimed that "unlawful content regulation, distribution, and monetization practices that stigmatize, restrict, block, demonetize, and financially harm the LGBT Plaintiffs and the greater LGBT Community." Additionally, it was also alleged that YouTube flashed anti-LGBTQ videos in the complainants' "Up Next" section.

  • Response

    'Our systems don't restrict/demonetize videos on these factors': YouTube CEO

    'Our systems don't restrict/demonetize videos on these factors': YouTube CEO
  • Meanwhile, speaking to The Verge, a YouTube spokesperson said that their policies "have no notion of sexual orientation or gender identity and our systems do not restrict or demonetize videos based on these factors or the inclusion of terms like 'gay' or 'transgender.'"

    Last week, YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki had clarified that the video-sharing platform does "not automatically demonetize LGBTQ content."

  • History

    June: Vox journalist spoke against homophobic bullying on YouTube

    June: Vox journalist spoke against homophobic bullying on YouTube
  • Notably, back in June, YouTube faced severe backlash after Vox journalist Carlos Maza highlighted the targeted homophobic bullying he faced, perpetrated by conservative YouTuber Steven Crowder.

    Only after the case went public, YouTube demonetized Crowder's channel but fell short of removing it entirely.

    Members of the LGBTQ community, even those working at Google, felt that YouTube didn't do enough to restrict homophobic bullying.

  • Information

    YouTube and Google CEOs apologized after incident

  • After the fiasco, Wojcicki had issued an apology and Google CEO Sundar Pichai also shared a letter with the LGBTQ+ employees in the company, reiterating the former's apology. Pichai also added that he regretted that the Maza-Crowder incident happened during Pride Month.

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