For the first half of the program, Andy Lee Roth describes his research indicating that Google and other internet giants are filtering out material from LGBT publications,

yet allowing anti-gay hate 'speech.' Then attorney Peter Obstler explains a federal lawsuit against Youtube that he filed on behalf of several gay or lesbian video producers 

-- a case that might clarify whether internet platforms like Youtube have First Amendment obligations.

 

Andy Lee Roth is Associate Director of Project Censored and co-editor of its annual "Censored" books.

His recent article "Queer Erasure" is in the Spring 2020 issue of the Index on Censorship. 

Peter Obstler is a partner in the San Francisco office of the Browne George Ross law firm.

 

 

Notes:

 

Andy Lee Roth's recent article can be found at

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0306422020917088  

 

Music-break Information: 

1) "Lucifer" by the Alan Parsons Project2) "The Watcher" by Dave Holland3) "Smooth Criminal" by 2 Cellos