YouTube faces backlash as progressive journalist claims tech giant 'trying to push us off the platform'

A progressive journalist is sounding the alarm about actions YouTube has taken against his news outlet as part of a broader effort to suppress independent voices on the platform. Jordan Chariton, the co-founder of Status Coup, took to Twitter on Thursday after facing yet another round of punishments from the Google-owned company. “After @YouTube @TeamYouTube has taken down 7-10 REPORTING videos from @StatusCoup of Trump supporters’ bogus election fraud claims—which we challenged—they’re now warning us we’ll get a strike and week ban if more are found,” Chariton tweeted with screenshots of the warnings sent by YouTube. “YouTube is really trying to push us off the platform,” Chariton added. YOUTUBE’S ‘DANGEROUS’ CRACKDOWN ON INDEPENDENT JOURNALISTS: ‘IT DEFIES ALL LOGIC AND REASON’Chariton, a vocal supporter of Bernie Sanders during the 2020 presidential election, then wrote, “Honestly, the way things have been going on YouTube–with our subscriber growth and views NOSEDIVING because of its suppression of our content–I genuinely don’t know how much longer @StatusCoup can survive. Status Coup has gained support from other progressives and independent journalists on social media. “The people who have agitated and are still agitating for more and more online censorship — led by journalists at the NYT, CNN & NBC — are not only destroying the…
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