Christian-Based Youtube Channel Banned
YouTube has decided to close "La Contra TV", a channel with a Christian worldview that advocates for values such as life, family, and religious freedom. With nearly 300,000 subscribers, its motto is: "We give news that others hide". "La Contra TV" is considered a highly influential channel, sharing information that tends to be less featured in mainstream media. In 2019, Youtube closed "La Contra TV" for the first time due to alleged "serious or repeated violations of Youtube's policy related to the prohibition of hate speech", and put it back online after the complaints in defence of free speech. In 2021, the channel has been closed again.
To denounce this attack on freedom of expression and conscience, the platform Tufirma.org launched a campaign to collect signatures addressed to Youtube demanding the immediate reopening of La Contra TV.
YouTube has shut down La Contra TV claiming to have received "several claims from third parties for copyright infringement related to the material published by the user". However, some of those who, according to YouTube, have reported La Contra TV for alleged copyright infringement, have informed the channel in writing that these complaints do not exist.
The director of La Contra TV, Poli Sanchíz asked for support in face of this event. He said "La Contra TV needs your help again. Youtube has closed our channel again in a new episode of censorship. If you want to listen again to all the news that other media channels hide; If you don't want to miss the politically incorrect that we do here, please make the most noise on social networks so that we can recover our channel on Youtube".
With more than five years of life and 300,000 followers from all over the world, in particular, from Spain and America, La Contra Tv had published more than 2,000 videos, reaching a total of 75 million views.
Source: Aciprensa Religionenlibertad ElConfidencial LaRazon
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