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Australia’s Antitrust Regulator Calls for More Powers to Combat Google’s Rein Over Ad Tech

September 28, 2021
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Australia’s antitrust regulator has called for more powers to combat growing competition concerns, particularly from Google, in the advertising technology sector, stating that Australia’s existing competition laws alone cannot address the mounting issues. In a report published on Tuesday, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) said an inquiry into advertising technology, also referred to as “ad tech”…

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Youtube Demonetizes Popular Australian Fishing Channel for ‘Animal Abuse’

September 20, 2021
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A YouTube channel featuring recreational fishing videos has been demonetised by the video-sharing giant over supposed content featuring “animal abuse.” The Australian-based content creator for Gido’s Fishing Adventures said his channel had been demonetised for a month and that he was waiting for a response from Google-owned YouTube. “(YouTube’s notice) says I need to make…

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Sky News Boss Lambasts YouTube for Suspension, ‘Opaque’ Guidelines

September 6, 2021
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Claims that Sky News Australia is spreading COVID-19 misinformation is “frankly ridiculous,” according to CEO Paul Whittaker, who issued a stinging criticism of video-sharing giant YouTube, at a parliamentary inquiry on Monday. Fronting the Standing Committee on Environment and Communications, Whittaker questioned why the Google-owned tech giant could be an arbiter of content. “There is…

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‘Sounds Like Authoritarianism’: Sky News Boss Lambasts YouTube for Suspension, ‘Opaque’ Guidelines

September 6, 2021
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Claims that Sky News Australia is spreading COVID-19 misinformation are “frankly ridiculous,” according to CEO Paul Whittaker, who issued a stinging criticism of video-sharing giant YouTube, at a parliamentary inquiry on Monday. Fronting the Standing Committee on Environment and Communications, Whittaker questioned why the Google-owned tech giant could be an arbiter of content. “There is…

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YouTube Channel Restored for Big Tech, Pandemic Coverage Critic Naomi Wolf

August 29, 2021
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YouTube abruptly reversed itself and restored liberal skeptic Naomi Wolf’s DailyClout video channel after an article in The Epoch Times drew attention to its sudden deletion last week. Wolf, a co-founder of the DailyClout website, is a widely published journalist and bestselling author of books such as “The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty Are…

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Google Tells Australian Govt of $1 Billion Global Campaign to Censor ‘COVID-19 Misinformation’

August 28, 2021
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Google reported to the Australian federal government that it has removed around 800,000 YouTube videos concerning COVID-19, and 275 million COVID-19 apps from across its platform as part of its $1 billion (US$726 million) global campaign to “counter COVID-19 misinformation.” It has also launched a US$3 million fund to wipe out alleged vaccine misinformation. Google regards…

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Google Tells Australian Government of $1 Billion Global Campaign to Censor ‘COVID-19 Misinformation’

August 28, 2021
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Google reported to the Australian federal government that it has removed around 800,000 YouTube videos concerning COVID-19, and 275 million COVID-19 apps from across its platform as part of its $1 billion (US $726 million) global campaign to “counter COVID-19 misinformation.” It has also launched a US $3 million fund to wipe out alleged vaccine misinformation….

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YouTube Bans Forced-Vaccination, Big-Tech Critic Naomi Wolf

August 25, 2021
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Liberal author Naomi Wolf’s DailyClout channel was abruptly deleted by YouTube after she posted an interview with a prominent critic of mandatory masking policies in schools. “This censorship highlights the extreme clampdown on free speech and public discourse prevailing in the United States,” Wolf said in an Aug. 24 statement after the channel was eliminated. Wolf,…

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YouTube Removes 2nd Video of Rand Paul, Suspends Him For 7 Days Over Alleged COVID-19 Misinformation

August 11, 2021
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YouTube has removed a second video on its platform posted by Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and has suspended him from uploading more content for a week, saying he violated community guidelines on COVID-19. “They are now banning all my speech, including speech that is given on the Senate floor,” the Republican senator told reporters on…

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YouTube Not the Arbiter of ‘Medical Truth’: Australian Senator

August 6, 2021
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An Australian senator has called YouTube’s suspension of Sky News Australia “dangerous,” saying that the platform’s previous attempts at moderating COVID-related information were ultimately wrong. Around early August, online video-sharing giant YouTube suspended the popular conservative channel from posting on its platform for one week over the alleged publication of “COVID-19 misinformation.” The tech giant…

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