NEWS: After thousands tweeted & RT against @YouTube @TeamYouTube for taking down @StatusCoup + @JonFarinaPhoto's livestream of a peaceful gun rights rally in VA yesterday, YouTube has reversed itself after we appealed. Now they should restore @andrewkimmel and others' streams 
We will be watching VERY closely now to monitor @StatusCoup's views, subscriber growth, and other metrics—in the past, after we publicly criticized YouTube, our subscriber growth and views randomly FELL OFF A CLIFF (I wonder why).
Bottomline--YouTube needs to fix its algorithm to stop casting an extreme wide net that lumps in journalists taking risks to cover important stories with extremists. By taking down livestream coverage of POTENTIALLY violent events in real-time, YouTube is depriving viewers of..
critical information. They are also potentially depriving law enforcement and national security officials of visual evidence of potential suspects in the event violence breaks out.
Our videos are all labeled as not designed for children. So there is no reason our livestreams covering protests--even ones where people carry guns--to be censored. We appreciate @YouTube @TeamYouTube doing the right thing, but this doesn't excuse the blatant overreach against..
us and other channels.
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