PragerU Censored by Video Platform

Epoch Times ^ | 06/09/2021 | Matthew Vadum

[SeekAndFind]

The often-censored Prager University has been dropped from service by yet another technology company, apparently because of its conservative, pro-American educational videos that it says have attracted more than 5 billion views over 10 years.

New York-based JW Player, which claims to “have a global footprint of over 1 billion unique users,” kicked the nonprofit off its video hosting platform, while it continues to serve left-wing media outlets The Young Turks and Vice, which generate videos that, according to PragerU, divide the country and teach young people to resent America.

The move came after JW Player blindsided PragerU, claiming to have updated its “community guidelines,” after which it decided not to renew the annual service contract, claiming without providing any evidence that “PragerU’s content is misleading.”

“In true cowardly fashion, JW Player has refused to give us specifics and opted to hide behind third-party ‘fact-checkers’ to get rid of us,” Marissa Streit, CEO of PragerU, said in a statement.

Craig Strazzeri, PragerU’s chief marketing officer, elaborated in an interview.

In 2016, “YouTube really started censoring our videos and restricting hundreds of our videos,” he told The Epoch Times. “We decided we needed to gain some independence on our website.”

PragerU sued YouTube, and its parent company, Google, in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in October 2017.

The lawsuit cited more than 50 PragerU videos that have either been restricted or demonetized by YouTube on various subjects presenting a conservative point of view, along with a video by Harvard Law professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz on the founding of Israel.

PragerU previously compiled a complete list of its restricted videos here, including “Why America Must Lead,” “The Ten Commandments: Do Not Murder,” “Why Did America Fight the Korean War,” and “The World’s Most Persecuted Minority: Christians.”

[Republican Wildcat]

The move came after JW Player blindsided PragerU, claiming to have updated its “community guidelines,” after which it decided not to renew the annual service contract, claiming without providing any evidence that “PragerU’s content is misleading.”

They should be made to prove that allegation under oath in court.

[DoughtyOne]

Prager has been a leading clear thinker since at least the
1980s when he hosted a program on KABC Los Angeles radio,
called Religion on the Line.

He would invite Rabbis, Priests, and Pastors of various
religions to be on his program, and discuss issues with
them.

I mentioned that he was known as a clear thinker back then,
and he and his Prager U are still known for that.

He has done as much as anyone I know to present issues to
the public in a factual reasoned manner.

When someone on the Left says his presentations are all lies,
it’s because that’s they only claim open to them.

If they tried to hit him with facts they’d fail miserably.

Dennis Prager has had my respect for over 40 years.

We are lucky to have him on our side.

Right now there are many topics on his site, and I recommend
folks review some of them from time to time.

They are always popping up on Instagram, and I know he has
help open a lot of folks eyes.

He has Blacks make presentations that are very effective.
They reach out to others. I like that.

This is a great site to refer family and friends to.

Presentations are factual and non-confrontational, well as
non-confrontational as they can be.

The Five Minute Videos are very good.

https://www.prageru.com/

[alexander_busek]

[...] claiming without providing any evidence that “PragerU’s content is misleading.”

They should be made to prove that allegation under oath in court.

All they have to do is find a judging willing to agree that, "PragerU said things that place VP Harris in a bad light. PragerU implied that Biden is not mentally competent. PragerU disparaged Speaker Pelosi."

"Case dismissed!"

Regards,

[FreedomPoster]

>>PragerU implied that Biden is not mentally competent.

Anyone who has had a loved one go down the dementia/Alzheimer’s path saw all the signs in Joe Biden last year before the election. The Leftist corporate propaganda media covered for him big time, however.

[Yardstick]

Agreed about Prager. He’s a hard working warrior and a class act and does a fine job of achieving the clarity that is his objective.

[bankwalker]

Did Prager ever apologize to Bob Grant before he died?

[Reeses]

Politics is the art of telling the big lies, which is why most politicians are trained lawyers. *All* politics is misleading, on purpose. If being misleading is no longer allowed, the Demoncats are completely out of business.

[DoughtyOne]

Thanks Yardstick.

[DoughtyOne]

I don’t know everything he has been involved in.

The Bob Grant issue is not one I’m aware of.

None of us are going to get every single moment in life right.

At the end of the day you have to weigh the totality of what
they have done, and I guarantee your Dennis Prager is worth
100 of me.

[colorado tanker]

These clowns claim to represent the "community." The courts need to conclude the obvious that Big Tech is hosting public forums that are protected by the government and the First Amendment free speech standards should apply to them.

No more claiming to be a public, community forum and then hiding behind their status as private companies to restrict free speech