In anti-“hate” putsch, YouTube removes . . . Triumph of the Will.

When I first read that, as part of its attacks on “hate speech”, YouTube had removed the infamous Nazi propaganda film, Triumph of the Will, I hardly believed it.  But I searched at YouTube last night and this morning, and, sure enough, I could not find that film.

So in the name of opposing “hate,” YouTube has removed important history of how hate, namely Nazism, was promoted in Germany.  And it is an important film in itself and also in illustrating how propaganda can be effectively used even for the most evil causes.  Such basic education is now gone from YouTube.

I suspect Google will come partly to their senses and restore Triumph of the Will.  But this is the problem with campaigns, open and surreptitious, to silence “hate.” What really gets suppressed is history and free speech. What gets promoted is news, speech, and education that is politically correct, offending no protected group . . . which is hardly news, is not free speech, and is propaganda, not education.

Not to mention that silencing views and information with which you disagree is what totalitarians do.  And isn’t that real hate?

Remember when Google’s slogan was “Don’t be evil”?

To Combat Hate, YouTube Trusts . . . a Hate Group.

Well, I guess the Southern Poverty Law Center knows about hate.  They see it in the mirror every morning.

The Southern Poverty Law Center is assisting YouTube in policing content on their platform, The Daily Caller has learned.

The left-wing nonprofit — which has more recently come under fire for labeling legitimate conservative organizations as “hate groups” — is one of the more than 100 nongovernment organizations (NGOs) and government agencies in YouTube’s “Trusted Flaggers” program, a source with knowledge of the arrangement told TheDC.

The SPLC and other program members help police YouTube for extremist content, ranging from so-called hate speech to terrorist recruiting videos.

If this doesn’t heighten one’s concern about YouTube censorship, I advise some brief reading about the SPLC.  When it comes to hate and extremism, they can only be trusted to produce and legitimize the same.