Lawsuit Filed Against YouTube <br />for LGBTQ Discrimination.<br />The filing was brought up by a group of creators who say the platform is hiding recommendations for their content, <br />which is LGBTQ-centered.<br />They also say that YouTube's actions <br />are making it harder for them to <br />earn revenue through ads.<br />This lawsuit adds that what YouTube is <br />doing violates federal laws and ones in <br />the state of California that concern <br />speech and discrimination.<br />YouTube is engaged in discriminatory, anticompetitive, and unlawful conduct that harms a protected class of persons under California law, Plaintiffs, via YouTube lawsuit.<br />Specifically, the suit alleges <br />YouTube is going after channels with titles <br />containing the words “gay" and “transgender.”.<br />One of the plaintiffs, Chase Ross, accused YouTube last year of demonetizing <br />his videos because of his use of the words.<br />YouTube really needs to start paying attention to this community ... I don’t feel like I belong on a platform that I and other LGBTQ+ individuals helped build, Chase Ross, via 'The Verge'.<br />The platform's CEO, Susan Wojcicki, has claimed that LGBTQ content <br />is not being demonitized.<br />There’s no policies that say ‘If you put certain words in a title that <br />will be demonetized.', Susan Wojcicki, via Code Conference
