YouTube Censors Livestreams Of Canadian Trucker Protests For Being Too Popular

Chris Menahan
InformationLiberation
Jan. 31, 2022

YouTube censored multiple livestreams of the Canadian trucker protest in Ottawa over the weekend by limiting their viewership for being too "popular."

New YouTube censorship scheme just dropped. pic.twitter.com/Lqn2Cld022
— Chris Menahan 🇺🇸 (@infolibnews) January 31, 2022

Viewers were met with a statement saying, "Video unavailable: This video is popular! Due to limited creator history, we're limiting the number of viewers. Subscribe to this channel to help this creator reach a broader audience."

It happened yesterday evening to YouTuber UOttawaScotty on his video, "Freedom Convoy 2022 Ottawa, Live Feed."

It also happened to YouTube livestreamer Cunuda Murica on his video, "Canada Trucker Freedom Convoy Saturday 2022 Live #Ottawa #freedomconvoy #raw #gimbalfootage."

Both videos are currently up and watchable while logged out.

This new censorship scheme allows YouTube to not only limit the number of viewers to a livestream but also track who is watching.

So much for the "We're removing the dislikes to HELP SMALLER CREATORS".

It's all about censorship of anything they disagree with and it always has been. Anyone that still believes YouTube aren't censoring people for political reasons are living in a dreamworld.
— Jim💣💣💣 (@JimGriffOne) January 31, 2022

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