YouTube Threatens Blogger Over Tough Questions To The European Commission President
A representative of YouTube reportedly threatened a French video blogger to prevent her from asking tough questions in an interview with the European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker. In a hidden video, Laetitia Birbes is confronted by a representative of YouTube ahead of her interview with Juncker with what seems to be threatening her if she presses too hard with her questions: “You don’t want to get on the wrong side of YouTube and the European Commission, or, of the people who trust you, except if you don’t care about having a long career on YouTube.” In a video released on her....
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