Tag: Vox
YouTube’s CEO issued a non-apology to LGBTQ people. It didn’t go over well.
YouTube’s CEO Susan Wojcicki offered a non-apology to LGBTQ people who have experienced harassment and hate speech on the video-sharing platform in the wake of attention being drawn to Steven Crowder’s hate speech.
Rightwing vlogger Steven Crowder has repeatedly targeted gay latino journalist Carlos Maza of Vox with homophobic hate speech. Maza put together a compilation of some of Crowder’s recent attacks that drew a lot of attention two weeks ago on Twitter:
Since I started working at Vox, Steven Crowder...
YouTube says targeted antigay harassment doesn’t violate its terms of service
Today, YouTube basically said that homophobic hate speech targeted towards a specific individual doesn’t violate its terms of service. Its decision seemingly contradicts its own policies and supposed support of LGBTQ content creators. Also today, YouTube announced its plan to remove Nazis, Holocaust deniers and other extremists from its platform, but even its guidelines on that seem a little unclear.
The video sharing platform came under increased scrutiny this week after gay Latinx Vox journalist Carlos Maza posted a viral Twitter...
