Update: A Google spokesman, in response to an inquiry from MRC Free Speech America, made the following statement Thursday afternoon: “We removed content from the Steven Crowder channel for violating our Community Guidelines. This resulted in a one week upload restriction. The Steven Crowder channel can continue to upload content to YouTube starting tomorrow.”

Comedian and podcast host Steven Crowder says that YouTube “essentially” banned him until election day.

Crowder’s channel received strikes on no fewer than eight videos, including one posted in 2023, he announced in videos posted Monday on X. Google-owned YouTube reportedly accused Crowder of committing “harassment and cyberbullying” and “hate speech.” 

Crowder called the censorship “startlingly dark,” and accused Google of “the direct suppression of your vote through misinformation, through censorship, through forbidding you from finding information.”

The videos are related to the 2024 election and include critiques of the legacy media, Google and the Biden-Harris administration. The strikes issued by YouTube on Aug. 2 do not expire until Oct. 31, which is mere days before the Nov. 5 election day, hence Crowder’s complaint of being “essentially” banned till the election.

Crowder said seven out of the eight censored videos were posted since President Joe Biden stepped out of the 2024 presidential race in favor of his Vice President Kamala Harris. According to Crowder, Google’s “election policy” involves taking sides with Democrats and censoring “any and all opposition to their narrative,” what he calls “direct election interference.” He warned that all Big Tech platforms are also engaging in election censorship, “rigging this election.”

The show host also argues that YouTube targeted him because he plans to provide election coverage using not only legacy media sources but also independent analysts. “We know for a fact that they’re not happy about it,” he says. But, despite that, “We’re not going to be scared off. We’re not going to be beaten into submission.” He encouraged listeners to find his show on Rumble.

MRC Free Speech America has found evidence repeatedly of Google’s election-interfering censorship, including most recently of Google search engine suppression of the Donald Trump assassination attempt and excessive promotion of Kamala Harris. MRC exposed Google for interfering in elections 41 times since 2008.

This would not be the first time YouTube censored Crowder. For instance, last November, Crowder’s video exposing the Nashville mass shooter’s alleged manifesto was censored. YouTube has suspended Crowder more than once, including in December 2021, when no explanation was provided. Not long before that, in October 2021, YouTube accused Crowder of “hate speech” for highlighting the threat of “transgenders” sexually assaulting women.

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