Far-right commentator Candace Owens will no longer make money on her YouTube channel and is suspended from the platform for a week thanks to videos the Google subsidiary deemed hate speech.
Owens posted the announcement on her Facebook page, saying, “There will be no episode [of my podcast] today or any episode this week because my YouTube account has been suspended.”
According to Owens, she received takedown notices from YouTube for three videos, including an interview with Kanye West and a “debate” with author and media host Rabbi Shmuley, along with three strikes for violating hate speech policies.
Screenshots of the notices attached to Owens’ Facebook post explain that YouTube removed at least one video, “Kanye West (Ye) x Candace Owens | Candace Ep 42,” specifically for “claims that Jewish people control the media,” an oft-used antisemitic conspiracy that violated YouTube’s terms of service which specify “YouTube does now allow content containing conspiratorial claims that individuals or groups are evil, corrupt, or malicious based on their protected group status.”
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