Thread by @FordFischer

Thank you @JosephWulfsohn / @FoxNews for writing about @TeamYouTube's erroneous deletion of my historical footage from Jan 6, as well as the demonetization of my entire account.

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"YouTube used to be for independent content creators primarily, right? It used to be about democratizing, everybody has a voice. Like, that was the idea of YouTube. That's what I love about YouTube. That's why I like it still, at least for that principle," Fischer tells Fox News.

"But I think that the fact that major news outlets can live stream the same things that I filmed and mine gets deleted and theirs gets ads put on it -- well, I think it indicates to me ... YouTube is serving corporations rather than small businesses and individual users."

As I pointed out to @FoxNews and am grateful they included, this sort of censorship has no political bounds.

@StatusCoup and @theconvocouch both met the same fate as my channel yesterday.

@TeamYouTube is cracking down on progressives.

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"When asked about potential solutions to social media censorship, News2Share's Fischer expresses skepticism that government is the answer."

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"The clear goal is to disempower alternative media," @mtaibbi says. "The end game here is to force all content to be sifted through the filter of larger outlets."

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I want @TeamYouTube to know something here: I am not an activist, but I've spent years covering activism.

If there's one thing I've learned, it's how people can use their voices and create coalitions to create accountability.

I will keep speaking out.

So far, Youtube offered a five-word response.

"A spokesperson for Google, YouTube's parent company, told Fox News "we will take a look" in response to several inquiries about YouTube's recent actions against these independent journalists. "

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