On Monday, YouTube permanently banned Right Wing Watch, a nonprofit watchdog that highlights and warns about conspiracy theories, disinformation and hate speech on the far right, before reversing the ban later in the day. YouTube overturned the ban hours later. A spokesperson told HuffPost in a statement the channel “was mistakenly suspended” and that the accident was apparent upon review. “We attempted to appeal this decision, and YouTube rejected it.”Our efforts to expose the bigoted view and dangerous conspiracy theories spread by right-wing activists has now resulted in @YouTube banning our channel and removing thousands of our videos. Right Wing Watch sifts through and highlights questionable content from far-right personalities like Christian Broadcasting Network founder Pat Robertson and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.

Source: Huffington Post June 28, 2021 22:18 UTC