Breaking: Is the Church of Scientology Suppressing Free Speech? YouTube Removes More Videos - Page 2
Yesterday, YouTube released a statement regarding the stalled voting and rating on these videos were due to a programming glitched rather than some internal effort on their part. But since then, it seems videos have been popping up and subsequently disappearing left and right, which would indicate a much more direct involvement by YouTube rather than a bug in their algorithms.
YouTube statement:
There was an issue with video view counts not increasing that has now been resolved. The correct number of views should be displayed in the next 24 hours. Thanks for your patience.
The top video is from ex-Scientologist and outspoken critic Tory Magoo discussing the CoS efforts to suppress free speech.
Here is the link to the original Anonymous video with have over 2 million views. It has been removed as you can see.
In all fairness, the video is still available on YouTube, as it continues to be uploaded by other members in response to the removal. Below is a mirror of the original video:
At this point, I don't know what terms the original video violated. If anyone is aware, please feel free to post in the comments sections if there are any official statements from YouTube. This is a story in progress, so bear with me for my brief summary of events.
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