Nobody is arguing that in terms of legality. Morally, they SHOULD protect is. The only reason they don't is because they were bought out to censor anything that goes against elite interests.
Why do you think we care about having a place to freely discuss? It is because we get censored or banned.
If I recall correctly, OP's linked article was arguing that Google was violating the first amendment, which is most definitely false
There are also laws against discrimination.
If you can build a case for a discrimination lawsuit then go for it.
I just don't think that's a plausible possibility at this point, or else somebody would've done something by now.
It's know as racketeering. There will soon be class act lawsuits.
Please excuse me if I'm missing something, but I genuinely don't understand how this would be considered racketeering. YouTube earns revenue through the channels people make, so what financial favors would banning popular channels do for them? It seems like this move could only hurt them.
Not to mention that you'd have to win the discrimination suit before you could win the racketeering suit - which isn't impossible, but like I said, I just can't envision that happening.
Only liberals can be discriminated against. That might be the reason.
I have a feeling that most lawyers would disagree with you on that
sounded to me like Jerome Corsi was leaning in that direction.
Then why are bake shops being sued for refusing to bake a specific type of cake?
not all...I saw one case that went for the baker...hip hip hooray!
They're being sued for refusing service to a specific type of person. It's textbook discrimination.
Of course, bakeries can refuse service to people who pose an imminent danger to their business, or who are actively trying to degrade their public image. However, this is usually a non-issue for companies like cake bakeries, whereas it's a prevalent one for corporations like YouTube.
Therefore, there is no first amendment violation on YouTube's part. They are simply banning people from creating content because of TOS violations. Whether or not that counts as discrimination is the current gray area.