Prager University loses First Amendment censorship appeal against Big Tech

Published February 26, 2020 10:19pm ET



A top right-wing, nonprofit organization known for publishing conservative videos on YouTube has lost an appeal against Google, the owner of the video-sharing platform.

Dennis Prager, founder of Prager University, sued Google in 2017, claiming its subsidiary YouTube prioritized liberal-leaning content such as Real Time with Bill Maher over his work. PragerU lost the case, however, after U.S. District Court Judge Lucy Koh ruled in favor of Google, saying the company is private and therefore not subject to the same regulations as state actors.

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