YouTube has lost the plot on free speech.

As my colleague Brad Polumbo explains, YouTube was absolutely right to allow Steven Crowder to maintain his channel. Crowder’s insults to Vox.com journalist Carlos Maza were deeply unpleasant, but Crowder framed those insults within a broader political narrative. But YouTube made a terrible mistake in its later decision on Wednesday, following a social media uproar mob, to demonetize Crowder’s channel.

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