YouTube Removed Channel of Islam-Critical Priest

Case information
Incident date
Country
France
Categories
  • Social Hostility / Intolerance
Attack Against
  • Faith
Perpetrator / Motive Indicators
  • Private
Societal Sphere
  • Media
Religious Freedom / Discrimination
  • Exclusion (of individuals or ideas)
  • Freedom of Expression

After a third "warning" that his posted videos were "inappropriate" and violated "community rules," YouTube removed priest Guy Pagès's "Islam et Vérité" channel from its content-sharing platform on September 27, 2017 .

The priest runs the blog "Islam et Vérité." YouTube first warned him that the video "La fête de l'Aïd apprend aux enfants à égorger" ("Eid festival teaches children to slaughter") did not comply with its community rules. They later removed the video from YouTube. Finally, he was accused of violating the community rules for a third time and, as a result, YouTube blocked his account and prevented him from creating another account.

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