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Ford Fischer

25 Jan, 11 tweets, 8 min read

@TeamYouTube

THREAD: Last night, @TeamYouTube performed one of the most absurd video removals I've ever experienced.

I will detail the situation in this thread. Please read (and retweet, if you'd be so kind) all of it!

This is the video in question:

@TeamYouTube

On Jan6, before the Capitol Insurrection, Trump spoke for more than an hour.

Rather than simply film his speech, I filmed *the crowd* reacting to their speech.

My video - which @TeamYouTube removed - was one continuous roving take of the crowd watching.

@TeamYouTube

Youtube says the video "advances false claims that widespread fraud, errors, or glitches changed the outcome of the U.S. 2020 presidential election."

@TeamYouTube is wrong.

My video shows the way a crowd reacted as Trump made such claims.

Youtube knows raw video of the Trump speech itself doesn't "advance false claims" - it document's Trump's claims.

Here's a list of some of the places Trump's full speech appears:
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@TeamYouTube

The only thing my video does differently than the mainstream, allowable angles of Trump's speech is I pan to the crowd.

Why does @TeamYouTube not want the world to know that the crowd - for example - chanted "fight for Trump" in response to his words?

https://twitter.com/FordFischer/status/1347049009068863493

@TeamYouTube

I've already licensed the exact footage to several documentaries, and am a producer on an upcoming episode of PBS Frontline.

I think this footage is invaluable to history, and it very obviously doesn't violate the community guidelines.

@TeamYouTube

Trump has been impeached and is expected to face trial for "inciting insurrection."

This video shows the people whose insurrection he allegedly incited, at the precise moment he allegedly incited it.

Quite literally, Youtube is deleting evidence.

@TeamYouTube

"...the process really begins Monday, when the House sends the article of impeachment to the Senate and both sides begin preparing for a trial with many unknowns."

Incredible that @TeamYouTube deleted an obvious piece of evidence just as this occurred.

usatoday.com/story/news/pol…

@TeamYouTube

My appeal was apparently denied by @TeamYouTube.

They now say documentary raw footage of the way the crowd reacted during Trump’s January 6 speech violates “spam, deceptive practices and scams policy.”

Youtube, please have a human being type an explanation.

@TeamYouTube

Hey @TeamYouTube, this video created solid accountability for elected officials.

This is what Youtube is supposed to be about.

I’m still waiting for a human being to answer - in words - how they could believe this violated the community standards.

@TeamYouTube

Hey @TeamYouTube, fun fact: The exact video you took down from my Youtube as "spam" is in this episode of BBC's documentary about President Trump.

Would it be your contention that the BBC is harmful?

Perhaps we can talk. Please have a human reply.

bbc.co.uk/programmes/p09…

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As always, all my work is available to license.

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All video in thread shot by @MaranieRae for @N2Sreports

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They often had it on.

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THREAD: "F*** Biden!" Antifa activists smashed windows and spray-painted Democratic Party of Oregon offices in Portland Wednesday afternoon after the Inauguration of Joe Biden.

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Filmed by @MaranieRae for @N2Sreports

Antifa scuffled with police when they arrived beforehand at their meeting place of Revolutionary Hall.

Police had confiscated flag poles and apparently a knife beforehand.

Very bizarrely, an officer actually wielded the apparently confiscated knife during the fight. (See 1:30)

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21 Jan

@T_Jones_Media

THREAD: @T_Jones_Media, @StringerBoston and I filmed throughout the day for @N2Sreports in DC as #Inauguration2021 occurred.

The presence of thousands of troops in the city dwarfed all others.

All footage in thread available to license. Much of it is 4K resolution and/or 60FPS.

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“Number one, Trump is finally gone. Number two, peace, unity, the speech today was spectacular. It’s a new start for America.”

@T_Jones_Media

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