Well, YouTube is at it again! As most of you are aware, earlier this year, YouTube yanked one of our ALL Reports criticizing Planned Parenthood. In June, YouTube pulled one of PRI's pro-life videos, and now, the very popular video done by Lila Rose that exposes Planned Parenthood's racist attitude has been pulled as well. When YouTube tried to censor us in February, you bloggers raised a firestorm of support for us and called YouTube out on the mat. The result? YouTube caved in.
It's time to do it again!
I am attaching a press release from Lila Rose and a press release from American Life League to this e-mail so you can have the full story. Please write about YouTube's constant attempts to censor the Pro-Life cause on your blogs and call on your readers to contact Google and YouTube, demanding that they stop trying to silence the Truth!
To contact YouTube, please call the following phone numbers and send an e-mail to register your disgust at YouTube's blatent attempt to silence the Truth about Planned Parenthood and abortion:
To call: (650) 343-2960; (650) 253-0000
To e-mail go to the following website and click "contact us" : http://help.youtube.com/
Thanks for everything you do for the babies!
--Michael
YouTube Censors Investigative Videos Critical of Planned Parenthood
LOS ANGELES, September 2 –YouTube, the popular Internet-video website,
blocked four videos from the pro-life student organization Live Action
over the past two weeks, saying that the videos contained
"inappropriate content". YouTube gave neither advance warning nor
specific reasons for why the videos were removed, and has not
responded to Live Action's request to cease censorship and to unblock
the videos for public viewing.
The videos include phone recordings of Planned Parenthood employees
agreeing to process donations from a caller with a racist agenda
(http://www.liveactionfilms.
YouTube videos sparked national media interest, with TV, print and
radio outlets reporting on the content, and some networks, like Fox
News, broadcasting parts of the videos. Live Action Media Director
David Schmidt said, "These four videos have received over 160,000
YouTube views with the oldest video having been public on YouTube for
over seven months. Why are these videos being removed now?"
YouTube has censored videos from pro-life organizations in the past,
as recently as this year. In February, an American Life League video
criticizing a Planned Parenthood TV advertisement was removed from the
site due to its "inappropriate nature," though the original Planned
Parenthood advertisement remained on YouTube. In July, a short film by
the pro-life Population Research Institute highlighting dishonest
reporting from a pro-choice filmmaker was censored. YouTube eventually
responded to criticism and restored both videos.
"It is discriminatory for YouTube to selectively censor material that
clearly does not contain inappropriate content," states Live Action
President Lila Rose. "We will continue to apply pressure on YouTube
until it restores the videos."
She points out that Live Action has compiled a compelling case of
evidence on its website, LiveActionFilms.org, documenting how YouTube
has selectively censored conservative groups. People can also view the
banned videos on Live Action's website and learn how to help petition
YouTube to restore the videos.
To learn more, visit: http://www.liveactionfilms.
A.L.L. TO GOOGLE, YOUTUBE: WHY ARE YOU PROTECTING RACISTS?
Washington, D.C. (3 September 2008) – American Life League called on Google and YouTube to explain and end their pattern of protecting bigoted organizations. YouTube recently pulled videos exposing Planned Parenthood's acceptance of donations earmarked to abort black babies.
In February, the video sharing web site pulled American Life League's ALL Report and in July, the site removed a video by Population Research Institute that was critical of a pro-abortion journalist.
"Why is YouTube covering for these racists again?" asked Judie Brown, president of American Life League. "Planned Parenthood has time and again remained true to the identity of its founder, the infamously racist Margaret Sanger. Planned Parenthood was founded to help eliminate the black population and it still is working to reduce the black population. Does YouTube, and its parent company Google, really think this is a good idea?"
Most recently, YouTube took down videos produced by Live Action Films, a pro-life media movement. The videos chronicled Planned Parenthood's willing and eager acceptance of race-motivated donations earmarked for the abortion of black babies.
The documented racism caught media attention and sparked a national movement demanding accountability from Planned Parenthood, the nation's largest abortion provider.
Live Action President Lila Rose said YouTube is discriminating against pro-life and conservative films. Her organization is determined to end the censorship.
"We will continue to apply pressure on YouTube until it restores the videos," Rose said.
Brown finds this unfair treatment of a pro-life organization appalling.
"It's time for Google and YouTube to stop supporting Planned Parenthood's prejudiced agenda," she said. "The censorship of pro-life media must stop."
American Life League was cofounded in 1979 by Judie Brown. It is the largest grassroots Catholic pro-life organization in the United States and is committed to the protection of all innocent human beings from the moment of creation to natural death. For more information or media inquiries, please contact Katie Walker at 540.659.4942.
FOR MORE INFORMATON:
Watch the Live Action videos:
http://liveactionfilms.org/
California Catholic Daily: Silencing the Opposition (2 Sept. 2008)
http://calcatholic.com/news/
World Net Daily: YouTube Censors Criticism of Planned Parenthood (2 Sept.2008)
http://worldnetdaily.com/
Catholic News Agency: American Life League Video Yanked by YouTube: (12 Feb. 2008)
http://www.catholicnewsagency.
Catholic Exchange: YouTube Censors Pro-Life Video: (4 July 2008)
http://www.catholicexchange.
2 comments:
Thanks for bringing light to this important story. I wonder if BlogSpot will be censored next.
I have listed your blog on http://liveactionfilms.org/youtube as a blog that is covering this story. Thanks!
Careful what you say!
For example, Google has blocked has blocked posts on this site in its blog search ...
http://harrietharmansucks.blogspot.com/
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