Has JREF been banned from YouTube?
March 30, 2009
This is hitting the Internets right now: It appears that the James Randi Foundation account on YouTube has been suspended.
Lately making unfounded “copyright” or “offense” claims is a favorite tactic of the forces of dimwittery, and they may have used YouTube’s hair-trigger complaint system to their advantage. I dashed off a quick inquiry to YouTube, and will update this post as I find out more. If you have more information, please note in the comments. Thanks.
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I’ve decided to use YouTube as a service of last resort because of their censorship.
Update: JREF’s account was indeed suspended, and has been reinstated after interaction with either Phil Plait or James Randi. Great for accounts with big-name representation but what about everyone else? And it doesn’t bode well for the new YouTube University. Clearly YouTube isn’t ready for the wide-open marketplace of ideas.