04.21.2020 - By Progressive Radio Network
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