Schiff, Durbin ‘Demand’ That Google and YouTube Censor ‘Dangerous’ Incel Content
Congressman Adam Schiff and Senator Dick Durbin are “demanding” that the CEOs of Google’s parent company Alphabet and YouTube censor “extreme and harmful” incel content on their platforms.
Incel is a term used to describe someone who is involuntarily celibate.
The Democrat politicians cited a report from the far-left “Center for Countering Digital Hate” in their censorship demand.
The report claims that incel channels on YoutTube have accumulated more than 24 million views.
“The CCDH report makes clear that misogynist communities have created male-supremacist online spaces to promote their hateful and violent ideology, blaming women and minority groups for their problems. While incels have been described as loners or socially isolated, they in fact are embedded in highly active, densely-interconnected online communities that encourage and celebrate their horrific beliefs and acts,” the members wrote in a letter to the CEOs of Alphabet and YouTube, according to a press release.
According to the press release, Schiff and Durbin “specifically urge Alphabet and YouTube to remove content and channels that drive users toward harmful incel communities, and request additional information on what safety measures the platforms are implementing to protect users – particularly young users – and prevent violent content from proliferating.”
“We find all of this to be unacceptable and dangerous. Major social media platforms and search engines that claim to value safety should follow through with action,” the letter continued.
The letter was co-signed by Senators Bob Menendez and Mazie Hirono, and Representatives Hank Johnson, André Carson, Jackie Speier, Ed Case, Darren Soto, Lori Trahan, and Mondaire Jones — all of whom are Democrats.
The First Amendment prohibits government restrictions on speech, but Democrats appear to be trying to work around the Constitution by strong-arming private companies to do their bidding.
The full letter can be read here.
