YouTube Fined 100,000 Euros By German Court For Censoring Pandemic Protest Footage

YouTube has been fined 100,000 euros by the German Higher Regional Court at Dresden after it wrongly deleted a user's video which showed massive pandemic lockdown protests in Switzerland - and then failed to reinstate the video 'immediately' after the court ordered it to do so on April 20.

Instead, the company waited nearly a month to revive the video, which led to last week's fine, issued on July 5th, according to WELT.de.

Lawyer Joachim Steinhöfel, who represents the account op...

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